Alabama Official Calls
For Public Hangings Of All Cop Killers
Feb
6-edited
Alabama State
Auditor Jim Zeigler wants a mandatory death penalty for cop killers with
hangings in the public square.
Montgomery,
AL – An Alabama elected official reached out to President Donald Trump to ask
that he include a mandate for the death penalty for anyone convicted of killing
a police officer in his State of the Union address.
A military guard looks on impassively
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In fact, Alabama
State Auditor Jim Zeigler said in a statement released to the media that he
would like to see those convicted hung in public, the Trussville Tribune reported.
“We need an ‘express lane’ for executions such as Texas has – maybe stronger,” Zeigler said. “We need to stop these 20- to 30-year delays in executions at taxpayer expense. Justice delayed is justice denied. These potential killers are not deterred by what may happen to them in 30 years. They are thinking of instant gratification in the next 30 minutes – or 30 seconds.”
And then he got very specific about the manner in
which they should be executed.
“It would be more of a deterrent to the killing of officers if would-be killers witnessed others hanging in the public square,” Zeigler said. “Nothing else makes them think. Maybe hanging would.”
The state auditor’s request comes on the heels of
the murders of three police officers in Alabama in the past 12 months. Two of
those officers were killed in January.
Zeigler defended his stance to WTVM.
"I believe that to get the attention of a would-be killer who might kill a law enforcement officer, he needs to know that the old-fashioned public hanging has been brought back," he said. "I agree that public hanging is extreme, but also, killing a law enforcement officer is extreme. You’ve got to get the attention of these would-be killers in order for it to be a deterrent."
Zeigler said
federal law already calls for the death penalty for anyone convicted of murdering
a law enforcement officer who was working with federal agents.
He told the
Trussville Tribune that law should be expanded to include all law enforcement
officers.
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