Deborah Harrell 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; the >(past?) problem with the death penalty is that it has >fallen disproportionately on the poor/non-white, with >less-than-reasonable evidence.
> <serious> My position wrt the death penalty is totally ambiguous. I believe that a state-sponsored murder is horrible, and it contaminates the whole society into thinking that human life is worthless. OTOH, there are some people that I'd rather see dead than alive. BTW, Brazil does not have death penalty except in very special circumstances [like military treason in times of war, IIRC] </serious> Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
