[PEN-L:3914] Re: Re: death penalty

[Bill Burgess <burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:53 AM 26/02/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Jim Devine asks:
>>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 don't have much trouble with this one; the black to white ratio on death
row alone is a good argument for remaining principled. I know it is a
different situation, but what about queasiness on the Pinochet extradition
case? Is it paranoid to wonder who could be next? Is it blind to to see a
human-rights cover for bombing the hell out of Iraq and Yugoslavia instead
of justice for his victims?

Bill Burgess