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From: jhull@spp2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Re: Bastille mentality alive and well in USA
Message-ID: <259@spp2.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 14:29:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 14:29:57 1984
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Reply-To: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull)
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Summary: 

In article <3@vax2.fluke.UUCP> moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) writes:
>Well, folks, I can understand people waiting outside a prison where a man or
>woman is about to be executed and holding a vigil because they object to
>capital punishment.
>
>I can also understand people who would stand outside the same prison, also
>holding vigil, to show their support of capital punishment (equal time &
>all).
>
>People were cheering and celebrating the criminals execution,
>chanting, and, in general, acting like it was homecoming.
>
>Bet they can't wait for the next war!  
>					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
>					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.

I think they probably feel like they are already involved in a war.
When the courts seem more concerned with technicalities than with
guilt or innocence, when convicted criminals are released again and
again to repeat their crimes, where does the law-abiding citizen turn
for relief or protection.  Couple that with the current atmosphere
regarding firearms and personal responsibility for self-defense and it
just might seem like a victory that the death penalty (NOT capital
punishment - that is a null concept) is once again being applied.  

And we humans have always celebrated our victories.


P.S.  I am interested in hearing ANY alternatives to a death penalty
that have a reasonable chance of working.

-- 
					Blessed Be,

 jhull@spp2.UUCP			Jeff Hull
 trwspp!spp2!jhull@trwrb.UUCP		13817 Yukon Ave.
					Hawthorne, CA 90250