When To Show Mercy While Still Establishing Justice

The Constitution states that one duty of government is to establish justice and by the ancient law of nature justice is defined as a life for a life. Here is an article about U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg protest for the life of Stanley "Tookie" Williams. As aggravating circumstances Williams is convicted of the tyranny of depriving a four human beings of their right to life and so owes his life four times over and was leader of a violent gang. As mitigating circumstances supporters testified that he co-authored a books with Barbara Becnel geared toward steering children away from gangs, drugs, and crime. Dogg claims that Williams inspired him to turn away from being a gang member to being a better role model for coming generations.

Considering that Snoop Dogg is part of the gangster rap scene, so his testimony comes to naught and really hurts the case as gangster rap glorifies crime. Thus I would hardly call him a good model for the coming generations.

Nerveless if his coauthored books with Barbara Becnel are effective tools at stopping gang violence then they are saving lives and he has otherwise shown a sincere conversion then I believe mercy should be shown and his execution postponed perhaps indefinitely but he should remain in jail. This is because then the government would be protecting the right to life of its people as well as establishing justice.