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lagilmanfrom the AP wire:
"He made one mistake and now it's costing him his life," said Kenneth Smith, 35, who visited (death row prisoner Kenneth Lee Boyd) with his wife and two children. "A lot of people get a second chance. I think he deserves a second chance."
What was the Boyd's (Smith's father) 'mistake?'
Killing his estranged wife and father-in-law, while their two sons from that marriage were present (one pinned under his mother's body, the other trying to get the gun away from his father). He does not deny having committed the murders.
I hate people. I really do.
"He made one mistake and now it's costing him his life," said Kenneth Smith, 35, who visited (death row prisoner Kenneth Lee Boyd) with his wife and two children. "A lot of people get a second chance. I think he deserves a second chance."
What was the Boyd's (Smith's father) 'mistake?'
Killing his estranged wife and father-in-law, while their two sons from that marriage were present (one pinned under his mother's body, the other trying to get the gun away from his father). He does not deny having committed the murders.
I hate people. I really do.
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Date: 2005-12-03 05:03 pm (UTC)I can also see the "child is innocent" argument, but when it's used here it's usually used as "All life is precious" and "Life is a beautiful choice" - which are pretty incompatible with "Gays should be executed" and "death row appeals should be limited" - sentiments which are usually also coming from the same group of people.
As for the other - I used to say that all I asked of Heaven was to see some people's faces on Judgement Day.