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13625, RE: It isn't
Posted by Ape Redwood, Wed Jun-13-01 06:23 AM
You just listed a million reasons that the death peanlty should be banned.

>justified in the case of the
>young Brothah in Texas who
>was executed just last year
>or the year before for
>a crime that it was
>not definitively proven that he
>had committed.

In your opinion, obviously not in the opinion of the powers that be...

It is unjustified
>in cases like Mumia in
>PA, where the evidence predominately
>points to his innocence,

See above. There will be always be wrongful convictions. If a wrongful conviction results in an execution there is NO turning back the clock when the truth comes to light. As long as we grant government the power to take our lives, those in power will use to their advantage against the weak (at least under our current culture).

When
>the death penalty is distributed to
>"America's sons of the Heartland",
>as Timothy Mc Veigh has
>been dubbed by the press,
>with the same force and
>vengeance that it is distributed
>to people of color, THEN
>it will be ultimately justified.
>

Do you really think that will ever be possible in America? Even if the racial disparties end, the economic disparities will continue. Do I deserve to die just because I cant afford a lawyer who can get me out of the death penalty?