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Blunt's Death Plan Shows Extremism

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That's the title of an editorial in the Kansas City Sun regarding Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt's call for the death penalty for non-homicidal child rape.  LINKGov. Matt Blunt?s outrageous call for the death penalty for violent sexual predators shows extremism and desperation as he enters a tough 2008 election against Attorney General Jay Nixon.Blunt wants to kiss up to voters by putting sexual predators in his sights. Perverts make an easy target. They define ?scum of the earth,? especially in the minds of parents and victims. Perverts are reviled universally. But execute them?Maybe all rapists should be killed, too. But why limit death to violent sex crimes? Why not all violent crimes? Anyone who attempts to murder someone else ? death? Armed robbery, battery, road rage? Death, death and more death?The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, part of the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).