[PEN-L:3903] Re: Re: death penalty for racist beast

[sokol@xxxxxxx]

At 08:19 AM 2/26/99 -0800, Michael Perelman wrote:
>I absolutely agree with Jim D. in what he says below.  I would also add
>that I suspect that King's father and lawyer might be telling the truth in
>saying that he was not particularly racist before going to prison.
>
>> is there anyone else out there who's feeling queasy because (1) if
>anyone
>> does, John William King (and his yet-to-be-tried sidekicks) deserve the
>> death penalty but (2) they have a principled opposition to the death
penalty?

I have absolutely no problems with exterminating the nazi vermin, by legal
means or otherwise.

My opposition to death penalty comes not from any sympathy toward the
condemned men - of which I generally have none - but from the fact that
capital punishment in this country is a form of sacrificial ritual on the
altar of law and order.  It is designed to make the law and order crowd
feel better and safer without actually doing anything to make this country
a better and more civilised society.

Wojtek