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I'm not a principled abolitionist. I don't think we can have a fair death penalty under present circumstances. But if, hypothetically,we were to execute war criminals and criminals against humanity under Nuremberg principles, Wall Street fraudsters, corrupt government officials, and government lawyers who devised rationales for torture, I wouldn't object. I'd be happy to defend or prosecute them. Obviously this is an alternate universe for the reasons Doug states. As things are I oppose the death penalty.

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On Oct 3, 2012, at 8:47 AM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


> Doug:  In the US - can't speak for anywhere else - the love of the DP is a
> symptom of a barbarically punitive approach to everything. The revival of
> the DP in the mid- 
> 1970s was a sign of a rightward repressive turn, and the fight against it is
> a fight for a somewhat more decent society.
> 
> Yes.  Part of the definition of a leftist is uncompromising opposition to
> the death penalty. It shouldn't even be a subject for debate.
> 
> Carrol
> 
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