At least that’s what one Republican politician says when it comes to certain criminals.
SOUTH BEND — Republican 2nd District congressional candidate Tony Zirkle has proposed a four-stage approach to stopping sex- related crimes such as child pornography, rape, sexual slavery and human trafficking.Stage 4 contemplates the reintroduction of the guillotine and lynch mob into the criminal justice process, although Zirkle said in an interview that he is taking that position “to stimulate debate.”
Just for giggles, let’s just look at this four stage plan:
The first stage of the battle, as proposed by Zirkle, calls for suspension of the constitutional protections of property rights for “porn-pimps.”
“Every adultery (sic) book store will be immediately seized and the property will be forfeited to the taxpayers without any process of law other than a hearing within 10 days of seizure to give the porn-pimps the opportunity (to) challenge the sufficiency of prostitution evidence.”
Hmm, let’s see. The primary asset of most adult book stores is………adult books. Therefore, we’d need to have the government sell those books in order for any money to go to taxpayers. Uncle Sam would become a porn pimp.
Stage 2, Zirkle said, would involve “actual arrests” for those who did not learn from Stage 1. Stage 3, if necessary, calls for “super speedy public trials with severe punishment that is swiftly carried out after a rapid appeal.”
And let’s not forget State 3b — super-duper speedy public trials. But wait, there’s more
Which leads to Stage 4. “If this stage is necessary, then I am willing to debate the idea of returning the guillotine and lynch mob for those who prey on children under the age of 12; however, no capital punishment will be extended without at least four witnesses.”
I mean, really, the guillotine ? Would that be before or after the super-duper double speedy public trial ? Does this guy really expect to be taken seriously ?
