2011-09-21

The other execution of the day

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gHzIA3ytZIHcJVxmefFNs9DYX9ZQ?docId=CNG.bf51fd259343ad1c049430a593390107.91

I ask myself - is this really justice for James Byrd? Is killing this guy ever going to bring Byrd back?

Was Brewer ever remorseful?

To me, it's not much different that the Troy Davis thing (though in that case, American Justice demonstrates it's horrible failure by taking more than 20 years to make the wrong decision). It has nothing to do with innocence or guilt.

Killing is wrong - regardless of whether done by one, or by all.

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