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ronny elliott's avatar

Somebody, somewhere has to stand up for grace and mercy.

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Kris Lackey's avatar

It's a hard calculus. You were up close to brutal murders, and I might have changed my mind as well. When my father was robbed and murdered in rural OKC in 1980, I remained in the no-death-penalty camp. The killer served only twelve years, and I've seen his current shack, near Luther, on Google. I think he had previously murdered someone in New Mexico at a rest stop. He got off too easy. But life in prison without parole is probably worse than death. In any case, the Innocence Project, for which a criminal defense lawyer friend in ABQ worked for many years, has freed many innocent prisoners. Almost a hundred people later proven to be innocent have been executed. That's the main reason I stay in the camp you've finally chosen. This is an excellent Substack post, Steve.

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