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Re: just the death penalty
Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 38.164.171.7
Date: Monday, June 11, 2001, at 14:26:11
In Reply To: Timothy McVeigh & The death penalty posted by htaeD on Sunday, June 10, 2001, at 22:21:51:

> Timothy Mcviegh will die tomorrow at 8:00am EST. What are your thoughts on this? He committed a horrible crime but does it give the government the right to take his life? My mom used to always say, "two wrongs don't make a right" when my excuse for hitting my sister was "she hit me first", but its very true. The government (or anyone else for that matter) has no right to take anyone's life, no matter how horrible the crime. Life is precious, and most don't realize it until it has been lost.
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> ht"realizing how inappropriate his Sn is for this topic"aeD

There has to be an absolute punishment. If there wasn't a death penalty, then what would you do with the convicted murderer serving three consecutive life sentences when said convict kills a guard while trying to escape from prison? Add on another life sentence? The man had nothing to lose.

-Faux Pas