[fla-left] Bloody execution photos draw gamut of responses(fwd)

Max Sawicky sawicky at epinet.org
Mon Oct 11 08:02:09 PDT 1999



> > I don't mind a reasoned argument against CP.
> > Chances are I would buy a lot of it.
>
> How about:
>
> 1) It's been abused, especially along race/class lines

yes


> 2) It's bloody expensive (~3x more than simple incarceration)

don't care


> 3) There's no evidence to support it as a deterrent

right


> 4) It leaves no room for appeal and thus denies due process

this contradicts your (2). There seems to me to be quite a bit of scope for appeal, in light of the time between conviction and sentence, tho this has contracted in the past ten years, more in some states than others.


> 5) It's cruel and unusual

(a) is irrelevant; (b) untrue


> 6) It's barbaric; aren't we past that?

matter of taste


> 7) It inflicts punishment on survivors of the deceased who weren't
> convicted

Another example of victim erasure; what about survivors of victims?


> Maybe there's more; I didn't give it more than about 20 seconds of
thought.
> /jordan

You did all right.

mbs



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