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[PEN-L:3907] Re: death penalty for racist beast



On Friday, February 26, 1999 at 08:06:20 (-0800) Jim Devine writes:
>...
>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?

Pre-meditated murder is wrong.  Nobody deserves the death penalty,
because the death penalty --- premeditated murder carried out by the
state --- is a barbaric act with no moral justification whatsoever.
Why, retaining your humanity, and rising above the braying for blood,
should you feel queasy?


Bill



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