Well, Americans Didn't Get Their Bi-Yearly Dose of Death

I am under the impression that very little has changed since the Roman Empire when it comes to contemporary society. The Roman ideology of "Keep them fed, keep them entertained" hasn't gone very far, as death an violence are still very much apart of contemporary entertainment today. It seems to me that Americans are more upset about Casey Anthony not getting the needle than anything else. I'm certain if she was convicted of murdering her daughter the general public would still be in uproar if the jury so happened to not recommend the use of Capitol Punishment.

Well, the big fuss has been that "justice was not served". There have already been comparisons between this trail and the O. J. Simpson trial, which is like comparing the Iraq War to the Vietnam War... might as well try and compare Barak Obama to a pack of jelly beans, or George W. Bush to a pack of Tic-Tacs. They are two different things, and far beyond comparison.

It really isn't just the issue of if justice was served, it is Americans (and largely Republicans) not getting their bi-annual dose of death this year. The War in Iraq ended, and we have grown so accustom to car bombings and suicide bombings, it seemed like a novelty that someone might get the needle. I think some people wanted someone to die for this. All the experts brought in to give their best guess as the jury's verdict all claimed that she would be found guilty with such a short deliberation, because "the jury already has their minds made up". No one stopped for one minute to think that they might have had their minds made up on the fact that their were numerous holes in the Prosecution's evidence, there was hardly a motive presented, and the motive that was presented had several contradictions in it. I guess some "experts" were hoping she would die.

I think many of us have forgotten what is the big ideology of Justice, and that is "Justice is blind". There's a reason for that. Without the Burden of Proof and "proof beyond a reasonable doubt", there is no case, and someone cannot be sent to prison or the chair because someone needed their dose of death. Whether or not justice was served, whether or not she did it, the Prosecution failed to do their job, and that's the People's fault. No one deserves any punishment because someone didn't do their job. Isn't that part of the American ideology? The right and pursuit of happiness?

And just because someone needs to see someone die, doesn't mean We the People need to provide a victim. We don't live in the Bronze Age anymore.