No More Monkey Sex

20 Apr 2004

Because I believe dead horses should be beaten, Snob heroine Dahlia Lithwick writes an amusing but bitter piece on the topic of the U.S. Supreme Court and the death penalty.

Some nuggets:

  • “There will be no more monkey sex in this story.”
  • “Scalia will not let his powers to do evil be used for good.”
  • “It’s just easier for the justices to live on the left side of the screen, where everything is simple and clean.”
I don’t believe in the death penalty, although I have been convinced that it’s appropriate for people who murder while serving prison terms. The Illinois Commission on Capital Punishment issued a report that should be required reading for anybody genuinely interested in the intricacies of the death penalty, the problems with its application, and ideas for fixing the system.

Posted by Culture Snob on Tuesday, April 20, 2004. 

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