Mare's Mess

Bet you didn't expect me to ever say that! But add Robertson's declaration from an April, 2000 NY times story as my third reason why Christians should not support the death penalty.

Declaring that the death penalty discriminates against members of
minorities and poor people who cannot afford competent lawyers, the

televangelist Pat Robertson recently called for a moratorium on
executions.

Jerry Falwell (boo hiss), on the other hand, was quoted that same month as saying, "While courts do make mistakes, I do not believe the mistake level is at the point where we need to rethink our whole system." I'd like to know why not. In 2000, Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan imposed a statewide moratorium on executions after 13 death row inmates there were found to have been wrongly convicted. I wonder how many it would take before Falwell thought it was time to rethink the system. I guess 13's not so bad. Not so good if you're one of the 13.



So in summary, Pat Robertson is way cooler than Jerry Falwell. I bet Jerry's never even prayed a hurricane away.