To the editor: I recall an interview I heard as soon as with an appeals courtroom decide. He stated he by no means met the events, neither the accused nor the household of the sufferer, however moderately he solely reviewed the documentation of the circumstances and trials. (“Executions of the conceivably harmless aren’t any higher than human sacrifice,” Sept. 21)
He stated that in dying penalty circumstances, most weren’t crimes of ardour however acts so horrendous that the responsible might not declare to be a part of the human race. He supported the dying penalty in these circumstances.
This view is, I feel, completely comprehensible.
But, I ask: Do you imagine within the good infallibility of human judgment? If not, then you could admit that the judgment of juries and courts is likely to be flawed.
I might moderately pay the price of life imprisonment with out parole than take the chance — nevertheless small — that an harmless particular person is executed. We needn’t argue whether or not execution or life imprisonment is cheaper.
Bob Wieting, Simi Valley
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To the editor: After I noticed the headline of your editorial, I assumed you could have modified your place on abortion. Clearly, nobody can dispute the unborn are conceivably harmless.
KC Jones, Santa Ana
