Subj : Re: fbi
To   : Lee Lofaso
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Wed Aug 31 2022 07:19:15

On 31 Aug 2022, Lee Lofaso said the following...
 LL>  JT> Do you think murderers should go free because "there's nothing they c
 LL>  JT> to reverse the damage?"
 LL> How is that a reason, or even an excuse, to murdering them in our
 LL> name by execution (regardless of means)? Revenge is not justice.
 LL> Just an excuse, and a sorry one at that, to see someone dead.

I did not mention the death penalty, with which I also disagree. Death is not
the only possible punishment for murder.

 LL> Today we no longer bother with state of federal executions.
 LL> Whenever there is a mass shooting, whether at a school or a
 LL> shopping mall, the alleged shooter is never taken alive.
 LL> All the victims are dead, aside from perhaps a small handful
 LL> of survivors who never dispute what happened. And the alleged
 LL> shooter being dead as a doornail, either by his/her own hand
 LL> or those sent to carry out the execution.

Hmm. Recent events would seem to disprove this. A number of mass shooters
have been taken alive.

 LL> There are some rare exceptions to this. But those folks are always
 LL> found to be mental cases and are sent to places where they can be
 LL> given the help for their condition they so desperately need.

There are quite a few exceptions, with many being sentenced to prison or
death.

Jeff.

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