Re: RITA-California executes oldest condemned inmate

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:56:26 +0100, Euro <euro82@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Jeffrey Beaver wrote:
>> Euro <euro82@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>Jeffrey Beaver wrote:
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>>>>"Euro" <euro82@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>"Rumpelstiltskin" <PleaseDoNotReplyByEmail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>>> I guess I'm against the death penalty, though not with much
>>>>>>heart behind it in the case of Allen. He murdered or ordered
>>>>>>the murders of four people. Two of them were a boy aged 17
>>>>>>and a girl aged 16. I don't care if he's infirm, death and blind,
>>>>>>I have no tears to waste on him, or on "tookie" Williams.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's not about having tears for Allen. But look at it this way: someone who
>>>>>is 76, is infirm, blind and nearly deaf, does not enjoy life. Letting him
>>>>>live is therefore by no means a move of sympathy.
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>>>>Many who post to this newsgroup are of that age. I am sure they enjoy
>>>>life, and would disagree with that statement.
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>>>I assume that they are not infirm, blind or deaf though. That makes
>>>quite a difference, provided you think about it.
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>>>Euro
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>> Not in the slightest. His advanced age hasn't the slightest bearing on
>> his guilt and the sentence that was handed down 23 years ago.
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>That's not what I say. Whay I say, is that his age indicates that he
>would not have lived long anyway. Being also infirm, blind and deaf
>(totally or not matters few to me oif the three are combined), and
>having apparently had a heart attack a few weeks ago, letting him live
>until natural death in jail, or even outside, would not have mattered much.
>
>I don't think I ever raised a doubt on his guilt itself.
>
>Exactly, how many times will I have to repeat my stance until you
>understand it?
>
>Euro
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The state should not be in the death business anyway.
Thumper
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