STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Letter to Pres. Bush re. McVeigh execution > > From: "Nancy A. Hey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Please halt the McVeigh execution > Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 18:01:11 -0400 > > Dear President Bush: > > I believe you are dead wrong to allow the execution of Timothy McVeigh to > proceed. Our sympathy for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing should > not lead us to extract vengeance by killing Mr. McVeigh. To do so will not > heal the wounds of those who lost loved ones in that bombing, and will only > compound the tragedy of that event. > > The prosecution in the McVeigh case argues that the recently released FBI > documents cast no doubt on Mr. McVeigh's guilt. While that may be true, I > believe that the withholding of those documents indicates that the > government had something to hide regarding accomplices in the bombing. For > that reason, I believe McVeigh's execution should be commuted, and a new > trial should be conducted. > > Those who saw the interview done with Timothy McVeigh on Sixty Minutes can > attest that he came across in that interview as a human being, and not the > monster that the government has portrayed him to be. One certainly can not > condone his actions. One can, however, understand the frustration he felt > about government abuse of power, as exhibited in the raid on the Branch > Davidians in Waco Texas, ordered by the corrupt Clinton Administration. One > can also understand the confusion he felt about the double standard that the > American government imposes upon its citizens. > > If the American government tries to justify bombing and killing thousands of > innocent people in Iraq and Yugoslavia in the name of some self-proclaimed > "humanitarian mission", should it be any surprise to us that ordinary > citizens, when motivated by what they see as some "noble" motive would try > to use their end to justify violent means? If those in power lead by > example, then what a terrible example they are setting. > > I urge you, Mr. President, not to follow in the footsteps of your > predecessor, but to have mercy, and spare Mr. McVeigh's life. It is also > high time that the death penalty be completely abolished in this country. > The racist and classist bias in death penalty cases, and the possibility of > executing innocent people are further reasons why the death penalty is a > poor way to administer justice. The United States should join the league of > civilized countries in Europe who have done away with this barbaric > practice. Vengeance is no form of justice. > > Sincerely, > Nancy Hey > ______ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
