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In article <C0CGA6.CnH@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> robs@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert Sipe) writes:
>  So what is the general opinion regarding the hanging of Dodd?  Will it
>happen or will the ACLU be successful in obtaining clemency?  I saw a towm
>meeting dedicated to the punishment of Dodd and it seems the vast majority
>of attendees would like sentence carried out.  The Gal from amnisty 
>International appeared to be a bit out of touch with the rest of Seattle's
>mood.
>
>

As you can tell by my posting time, Dodd is already dead. No, our current
implementation of the death penalty is not a deterant and I can't think of
how we could make it such without grievously infringing on the rights of the
accused. And no, Dodd being an exception, the cost of putting someone to
death is more than the cost of keeping them alive for the next 50 years, so
that is not a pro-death-penalty argument either. But one very important thing
has been accomplished by Dodd's execution: no one, from the prison guards he
has said he would kill whether he escapes or not, to the children he has said
he would kill if he does escape, will die at his hands ever again. Also, no
other inmates will be affected by his complete sociopathic attitude.

These are reasons enough for me to feel some relief at his execution.

	...Dave