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In article <1853@rwing.UUCP> pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto) writes:
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->I found it more than a little curious how the ACLU could claim 'cruel
->and unusual' punishment for Dodd, seeing as that was what he REQUESTED...
->Kinda makes one wonder if the motive was more to get headlines than any
->concern for the nature of the punishment...  the selective defense of
->the Bill of Rights, replete with 'creative' interpretations, depending
->on how it fits their agenda and how much free publicity it will garner is
->a well known practice of the ACLU.

I believe Dodd requested hanging because he didn't want to spend the rest
of his life in a 5 X 12 cell.  To him that was worse punishment.  If
punishment was what we are really after, confining him to a tiny cell
might have been the best way to go.  I, however am glad they hung the
little scum.  Seemed appropriate to me.  The ACLU actions seemed
appropriate. Hey they're lawyers too.  Just playing the legal game.  Do
you think they have a lock on creative interpretations of the Bill of
Rights?  I think not.

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Terry Powell       Email - Terry.K.Powell@tek.com       Portland,Or