Twenty years after convicted killer Jeffrey Landrigan was sentenced to death, the state of Arizona was finally permitted to exact justice, and did so, by injecting a lethal dose of drugs into Landrigan’s guilty being on Tuesday, October 26, 2010.

It took 20 years to remove Landrigan from Arizona’s free food, housing and health care system because leftist lawyers and judges obstructed justice for two decades in order to protect a murderer.

Landrigan met his maker after the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against the defense which had filed suit to block justice because one of the lethal drugs was from a foreign source and might be “unsafe.”

Read the rest of Mr. Lillpop's article about how we have lost sight of the goal and concept of capital punishment.

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Personally, I would like to see "Biblical Punishment" instituted or returned. "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". If a convicted murderer killed his victim by strangulation, that should be his method of execution.

And the law guarantees every citizen the right to a speedy trial (and resolution). Twenty years at taxpayers expense is unacceptable. How about 90 days to file an appeal? - A truly innocent man should be able to at least show doubt about his guilt in 90 days. And if he needs more than 90 days, we don't say "tough" and kill him on day 90, we use common sense and compassion, but we don't give some asshole a 20 year free ride!

I have a lot of strong opinions one way or another, but I try to keep an open mind. I can even see some good points in the barbaric Muslim Sharia Law. - Like when they catch a thief and they lop off his hand in the public square with a big old sword. -- Has anyone studied the petty larceny rates in Muslim countries versus Western countries? I bet their rate is lower.

It's all about deterrence.