19-01-2011, 18:32
Point 1. Jerome, is the Mailer book the story of Gary Gilmore (There's a movie by the same name, which stars Tommy Lee Jones in the title role)?
Point 2. As Jerome mentioned above, there is no such thing as 100% proof of a crime. Plus corruption in police forces around the world is too rife for me to ever be comfortable with capital punishment. It's bad enough when people are banged up for long periods for crimes from which they are subsequently exonerated (see the UK case of Stefan Kiszko here for a real heart-breaker) , but death is non-reversible.
I don't really want to live in a culture where I could be executed for something I didn't do...
Point 2. As Jerome mentioned above, there is no such thing as 100% proof of a crime. Plus corruption in police forces around the world is too rife for me to ever be comfortable with capital punishment. It's bad enough when people are banged up for long periods for crimes from which they are subsequently exonerated (see the UK case of Stefan Kiszko here for a real heart-breaker) , but death is non-reversible.
I don't really want to live in a culture where I could be executed for something I didn't do...
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