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More Willingham Commentary

By Steve Hall

"Putting to death innocent (or not-innocent) people," is the title of Susan Campbell's Fear, Itself blog at Connecticut's Hartford Courant:If you haven't already, read the recent (long-but-worth-it) New Yorker piece on Cameron Todd Willingham. I started life as a supporter of the death penalty. I mean, I didn't carry signs or spit on inmates or anything, but I tucked myself into bed every night safe in the notion that some crimes can only be met with the final punishment -- an eye for an eye and all that. But then -- 10 years ago this month, actually -- a friend of mine, Paul Laffin, was stabbed and killed out behind the homeless shelter where he worked, and his family immediately asked to pray with the family of the killer...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 24, 2009 (boomark / email).