{"id":1243,"date":"2009-10-07T15:05:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T15:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2009-10-07T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T15:05:32","slug":"there_really_are_two_sides_in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1243","title":{"rendered":"There Really Are Two Sides In The Argument On The Death Penalty For Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/opinions\/2009\/10\/07\/2009-10-07_no_more_grave_errors_justice_dept_cant_let_terrorists_escape_death_penalty.html\">New York Daily News<\/a> posted an article by their editorial staff on the subject of whether or not terrorists should be eligible for the death penalty.&nbsp; The discussion is centered around the case against <a title=\"Ahmed Ghailani\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/topics\/Ahmed+Ghailani\">Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani<\/a>, a former Guantanamo detainee being tried in New York in a civilian court.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>According to the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>&#8220;Now, <a title=\"Eric Holder\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/topics\/Eric+Holder\">Attorney General Eric Holder<\/a> has broken further ground in Ghailani&#8217;s case by barring the <a title=\"Manhattan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/topics\/Manhattan\">Manhattan<\/a> U.S. attorney from seeking the death penalty &#8211; never mind that Ghailani allegedly helped buy a truck and load it with the TNT that leveled the <a title=\"U.S. Embassy in Tanzania\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/topics\/U.S.+Embassy+in+Tanzania\">U.S. Embassy in Tanzania<\/a> in 1998.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are some problems in trying him in a civilian court.&nbsp; Much of the evidence would be classified&#8211;does the jury need security clearances?&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>What is the argument for not subjecting terrorists to the dealth penalty?&nbsp; I firmly believe that terrorists deserve to be executed, but my husband pointed out a small fact that I have overlooked.&nbsp; Martrydom is a positive thing for most terrorists&#8211;not a negative.&nbsp; If we execute terrorists, do we make them heroes in the terrorists movement?&nbsp; Is that what we really want to do?<\/p>\n<p>I pose the question.&nbsp; I do not claim to have the answer.&nbsp; It is an interesting problem though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s New York Daily News posted an article by their editorial staff on the subject of whether or not terrorists should be eligible for the death penalty.&nbsp; The discussion is centered around the case against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a former &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1243\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}