Re: Peterson's Death Sentence

From: John Fields (jfields_at_austininstruments.com)
Date: 01/21/05


Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:01:58 -0600

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 02:34:49 +0000 (UTC), don@manx.misty.com (Don
Klipstein) wrote:

>In <9gJHd.7514$vC1.3542@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Kevin Aylward wrote:
>>
>>Ahmmm. Someone who unjustifiable takes a life should have his life
>>taken, imo.
>
> I oppose - who has heard the saying (give or take a bit
>word-for-word) "Why should we kill people who kill people in order to say
>that killing people is wrong?"
>
> Better still - how about a fate worse than death!

---
There ya go! 
My favorite would be placing the condemned prisoner in an airtight,
air-conditioned cell for the rest of his life with no definite
execution date set and the method of execution being inhalation of
lethal gas.
The worse than death part?  The cell is outfitted with orifices in the
walls and ceilings which hiss at random times.
 
-- 
John Fields


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