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I have no certainty about guilt or innocence in this particular
case. In any event, the real problem for me is trusting in a judicial
system that concludes that blacks are chattel property, that Native Americans
are not persons, and that children before birth are not endowed with the natural
right to life, liberty and to due process of law. While as a matter of
principle, the death penalty may be licit, in our society at this time it is not
free from doubt on these grounds, as well as others that may be invoked.
Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ
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