...look closer
I'm finding it harder and harder not to notice the irony of circumstances around me. And one of them does deal with American Beauty and the person who *ahem* introduced me to it and claims it as his favorite movie. Figures. :PAnd on the topic of life and death, lil sis has been basking in it the previous quarter. Apparently she got to interview a warden who executed death-row prisoners and was devastated by this story:
Apparently before execution, an inmate will typically convince himself that he is truly responsible for his sentenced crime, whether he confessed to it or appealed his case or not. This is probably to make peace with God (in whatever shape or form) in the light of death. For one inmate, his last words to the warden (when asked if he had made peace with God) were:
"I've made peace with my God. Have you?"
Weeks after the execution, exonerating evidence came up in favor of this inmate. Warden has been haunted by the inmate's last words ever since.
That's the thing about the death penalty. Sure, there are crimes where people feel that the perpetrator should die, but the problem is that we just don't know if they are really responsible. Sure, being pardoned years into incarceration is time that you can't get back, but at least you're alive.
posted by sugarfiend @ 2:13 AM
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