punishment

posts/2024-11-02-posts.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ I've always leaned towards the 'violence begets violence' [^7] 'live by the swor
 
 With that being said, the US is rounding out the top five countries executing the most people alongside China, Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia[^10]. Since 1990 the US is rounding out the top 10 countries executing offenders who were minors alongside, Congo, Sudan, China, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen[^10]. Not exactly the par excellence of countries when it comes to human rights. South Carolina is in the 28% minority of states that have not made it illegal and had executions in the last 10 years with Oklahoma, Lousiana, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas and Missippi leading the cohort[^11].
 
-All of this leads me to the very timely reference of the salacious advertising titled "Bring Back the Death Penalty" in reference to the now exonerated Central Park five case[^12] written by Donald Trump in 1989. "Mayor Koch has stated that hate and rancor should be removed from our hearts. **I do not think so**"... and I think this may become the exact moment later referenced as the start of an era in our country. It was referenced in political debate just last month where he continued to prey on fear and hate all while he was convicted of assault. I just can buy into this line of thinking and the best references I find are from others:
+All of this leads me to the very timely reference of the salacious advertising titled "Bring Back the Death Penalty" in reference to the now exonerated Central Park five case[^12] written by Donald Trump in 1989. "Mayor Koch has stated that hate and rancor should be removed from our hearts. **I do not think so**"... and I think this may become the exact moment later referenced as the start of an era in our country. It was referenced in political debate just last month where he continued to prey on fear and hate all while he was convicted of assault. I just **can't** buy into this line of thinking and the best references I find are from others:
 
 Hermann Hess - _Demian_ (1919)[^13]: 
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Fyodor Dostoevsky - _Crime and Punishment_ (1866)[^15]:
 
 >"You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you."
 
-The scales of justice - <span style={{fontSize:'30px'}}>&#x2696;</span> - originate from 1550 BC[^16], reappear throughout history[^17] in various forms[^18], and after this my reading this morning... I'm just not quite sure we've got it all worked out.
+The scales of justice - <span style={{fontSize:'30px'}}>&#x2696;</span> - originate from 1550 BC[^16], reappear throughout history[^17] in various forms[^18], and after this my reading this morning... I'm just not quite sure we've got it all worked out yet.
 
 
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