Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Vengeance, not justice

The State of California executed Clarence Ray Allen yesterday. He had spent twenty-three years on death row.

It took two injections of potassium chloride to make his damaged heart stop beating.

Allen had suffered a heart attack in September. He asked prison officials to let him die in the event he went into cardiac arrest. His request was denied.

Just how much sense does that make?

No, you may not die. We have to kill you.

Are we safer now that a blind 76 year old is dead?

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