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LETTER: State of savagery in United States

LETTER: State of savagery in United States Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:15 PM CDT When I read the Missouri Department of Corrections has scheduled the Aug. 27 execution of a man, I experienced a sharp pain in my stomach.Executing people who have committed crimes accomplishes nothing positive and does real harm to all of us. When "the state" kills in our name, it kills a little bit of our humanity at the same time. Those of us who are personally devastated by the misuse of power by our national government waging war on Iraqi people should also be angry with our state government.Bragging about "winning" the death penalty in cases they've prosecuted, candidates simply show how barbaric they are...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on August 22, 2008 (boomark / email).