[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things. But there are basic human rights I believe that every human being has. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the United Nations says it for me. And it says there are two basic rights that can't be negotiated that government doesn't give for good behavior and doesn't take away for bad behavior. And it's the right not to be tortured and not to be killed. Because the flip side of this is that then when you say OK we're gonna turn over -- they truly have done heinous things, so now we will turn over to the government now the right to take their life. It involves other people in doing essentially the same kind of act."
(PBS Frontline: Angel on Death Row)
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A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct,
Mark L. ShurtleffStichwörter: murder god death religion mercy idiocy death-penalty victims executions psychopathy attorney-generals firing-squads press-conferences ronnie-lee-gardner utah utah-department-of-corrections
Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways.
Franny BillingsleyStichwörter: humor monarchy executions
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