To the editor: I recall an interview I heard as soon as with an appeals court docket choose. He mentioned he by no means met the events, neither the accused nor the household of the sufferer, however slightly he solely reviewed the documentation of the circumstances and trials. (“Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice,” Sept. 21)
He mentioned that in dying penalty circumstances, most weren’t crimes of ardour however acts so horrendous that the responsible may now not declare to be a part of the human race. He supported the dying penalty in these circumstances.
This view is, I feel, completely comprehensible.
But, I ask: Do you imagine within the good infallibility of human judgment? If not, then it’s essential to admit that the judgment of juries and courts is likely to be flawed.
I’d slightly pay the price of life imprisonment with out parole than take the chance — nonetheless small — that an harmless particular person is executed. We needn’t argue whether or not execution or life imprisonment is cheaper.
Bob Wieting, Simi Valley
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To the editor: Once I noticed the headline of your editorial, I believed it’s essential to have modified your place on abortion. Clearly, nobody can dispute the unborn are conceivably harmless.
KC Jones, Santa Ana