More weird stuff from The Guardian
Michael McMahon condemns president for commuting death sentence given to Len Davis, 60, over 1994 murder
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I skimmed through the article and actually wondered what the relevance was to this community until I read your spoiler. It was definitely misleadingly headlined and written.
I got as far as the life-in-prison bit before closing the article and opening the comments. What a weird take to think that making someone live the rest of their life in prison is an insult to a victim. Only a blood-thirsty society would prefer their death.
There are many reasons to be disturbed by capital punishment. These include agonising deaths witnessed in the US, wrongful convictions, the blatant discrimination of criminal justice systems that results in the disproportionate killing of ethnic minority offenders, and the use of the death penalty for non-violent crimes and political offences. In Myanmar, relatives of the executed men were reportedly denied access to their bodies. But underlying all of this is the broader understanding that continues to spread through the world: that states have no right to take the lives of citizens.
Couldn't have said it better myself, The Guardian from July 2022. Quite well put, to be honest.
Oh that guys an absolute piece of shit ...there's an FBI files episode about his shit.