Alito, Judges, Hijack The Law

Kansas City, Missouri, March 1989 - a pretty 15-year-old girl is waiting for a school bus. Two men approach her, grab her by force, take her somewhere, rape her and then stab her to death. That poor girl was Ann Harrison.

Washington February 2006 - New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito refuses, along with 5 other colleagues on the bench, to let the state of Missouri execute the convicted kidnapper, rapist, and murderer, on the flimsy claim that execution by lethal injection is cruel and unjust punishment.

Justice Alito, (I ask Alito because he made headlines news on this, being his first case vote) did that murderer ask Harrison how she prefered to be killed? Did he ask Harrison's family how best to kill their little helpless girl? Is death by stabbing uncruel?

The murderer has many supporters who are playing the race card - the girl was white, the killer was black. They claim blacks receive harsh punishments. Maybe. But this hapless girl's case should not be used to compound the sensitive race issue.

Honestly, justice is sought in order to bring closure. The Law in Missouri provides for that method of execution. It should be used. If it is cruel let them revise their Law. But before it is revised, it should be used as it is. Why hijack it, Justice Alito?

You can't go to Court with the Law you wish you had but with the Law you have.