The sad case of Esteban Santiago-Ruiz

The gunman at Fort Lauderdale’s airport had psychiatric problems, and the symptoms seem to have started after he was deployed to Iraq. Some researchers point to a link between combat stress and violence at home. But other research says there isn’t such a direct link between the two. Santiago-Ruiz killed five people in Florida, and now faces the …

How to get your pro-life card

From LOLGOP at EclectaBlog: If you want to call yourself “pro-life,” fine. You just have to meet at least five (5) of the following requirements: [  ] I support publicly funded nurse coaching. [  ] I support universal health care. [  ] I support paid parental leave. [  ] I oppose the death penalty. [  …

And then there was no more capital punishment in CT

The state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Connecticut’s ban-lite on capital punishment is unconstitutional. From America’s Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper: The 4-3 decision effectively removes 11 convicts from Connecticut’s death row and overturns the latest iteration of the state’s death penalty, a political compromise effective April 2012 that barred death sentences going forward but …

Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get the death penalty?

The Boston Marathon bomber was found guilty on all counts by a jury of his peers this week. Guilty, as CNN said, of using weapons of mass destruction, guilty of bombing a place of public use, guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured when the bombs …

Pharmacists say no to the death penalty

The American Pharmacists Association, which just wrapped up its annual convention, has adopted a policy that discourages pharmacists from participating in death-penalty executions. The policy says: “The American Pharmacists Association discourages pharmacist participation in executions on the basis that such activities are fundamentally contrary to the role of pharmacists as providers of health care.” Seems …