1 The reason is that the Lefties have a generally deep and abiding sympathy towards "revolutionaries". A criminal is a revolutionary insofar as he is rebelling (read: attacking, helping to disrupt) against the established social order, which the Left finds racist, bigoted, homophobic, etc. Criminal behavior which serves the purpose of helping to destroy the established social order and mores is applauded (see: Tawana Brawley, Mumia, William Jefferson, Bill & Hillery Clinton, Ted Kennedy, various ALF and ELF eco-terrorism, et al.).

But not all crime is equal. Crimes which don't serve the general Leftist goals of overthrowing society are typcially ignored or condemned.

Depending on who the criminal and victims are, the criminal himself may be condemned by the Left, especially if there is percieved to be some other ideological purpose (blaming the evil white male heterosexual conservatives, Big Business, etc). Some of these crimes would include the Olympic Park and Abortion Clinic bombings, the Waco and Ruby Ridge Massacres, various business scandals, etc.

2 Excellent points. That's one of the reasons to absolutely fear "law and order" liberals.

3 Abortionists and Convicted Killers both tend to vote for Democrats.

4 Indeed, for they're actively supported by Democrats.

5 And they looked from man to pig and pig to man and man to pig again, and soon it became impossible to tell the difference.

The value that anyone places upon a human life is a function of their relationship. Human life has no intrinsic value applicable to each life equally. Your best friend's life means everything. A stranger who lives thousands of miles away means almost nothing.

It's really not a liberal/conservative thing. Everyone cherry picks who should live and who should die, at least in their own mind.

6 Are you so sure, WMD? Why can I not value a stranger's life as much as my friend's?

7 Because, as I have noted in my own LJ: Pro-abortionists and anti-death-penalty advocates are wedded to the same loathsome proposition: the right to commit murder with impunity.

8 Excellent point, RH, excellent point.