--- Bradford DeLong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [I wrote] >>My personal opinion is that it is justifiable for the > >>state to execute persons who have been proven > beyond a > >>reasonable doubt to have committed heinous crimes. > > > Ummm... Don't you want to say that it is justifiable > for the state to > execute persons who have committed heinous crimes > and who have been > proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have committed > such crimes? > > I mean, you certainly don't think it's OK for the > state to execute > innocent people whom a jury has found guilty after a > full trial, do you?
Well, to me "proven beyond a reasonable doubt" should mean that no one could be executed on circumstantial or otherwise less-than-absolute evidence. I'd rather a person truly guilty of heinous crime be sentenced to life than an innocent be executed; I suppose under "my" system that would make an execution quite rare. I Hope That's Clearer Maru :) (BTW, this post arrived later than it's dated Friday) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
