On Monday, Feb. 27, at about 1:44:30 on Tall Tales hosted by Bob Klitzkie, a caller brought up the issue of "Capital Punishment."
As I was not able to hear the entire show, I do not know the context in which the caller brought up the topic.
Nevertheless, the call afforded Mr. Klitzkie the opportunity to restate why he is OPPOSED to Capital Punishment...and I agree with all three.
In summary, and you can listen to Mr. Klitzkie's summary here, Klitzkie's three reasons are:
- Opposition to Statism: the STATE determines who lives and who dies.
- Capital Punishment is Final - which relates to reason No. 3
- Many on Death Row are wrongly CONVICTED and Wrongly EXECUTED - and said wrong convictions and executions CANNOT be reversed.
As a footnote, new technologies, such as the advancement in DNA evidence, are opening new doors that have heretofore never been opened, i.e. HOW WRONG we could be - and have been - on so many now-executed inmates, not to mention those still on Death Row.
So for that reason alone I agree with Klitzkie that Capital Punishment should be permanently abolished.
Too bad the POPE did not listen to TALL TALES. He should. He should also read JW.
TO BE CONTINUED
