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11/26/2003 Entry: "We don't need the death penatly, really we don't"

"Would any other Western democracy treat a condemned prisoner with such consideration? Of course not. (Never mind that no other Western democracy employs state-sanctioned murder.) The prospect of Muhammad's execution no doubt has much of the Washington area pleased. Sure, his death won't bring back the lives of the ones taken from us, but it will . . . what? Make us less afraid? 'I could not live with myself if somebody else got hurt and I'd had the chance to stop it,' one of the jurors said, explaining why he voted on Monday to execute Muhammad instead of sentence him to life. 'One more death is better than the potential of more violence.'"
Fear Continues To Masquerade As Justice, by Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, November 26, 2003

I really doubt that anyone insane enough to start shooting strangers is going to be deterred by the death penalty. State murder is a barbaric, weird form of human sacrifice, expensive, and just plain dumb. Is Muhammad's death going to change anything but make him dead? I think a life sentence is probably crueler.

And don't forget who said: "I was crazy when crazy meant something." He's still in jail and that makes me feel as safe as I'm going to ever feel about it.

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