The state executed a murderer last night. John Hightower was 63 and spent the last 20 years on death row. He was convicted of killing his wife and her two daughters in 1987.
I watched a bit of 13WMAZ's coverage last night. They gave a quote from a man identified as Hightower's son that kind of socked me in the mouth.
"We forgive the state," he said. "They're murderers too."
You can argue with the word "murderers." But I killed a man last night and, if you live in Georgia, so did you. Be for the death penalty or against it, but don't hide behind the state.
3 comments:
come on travis,"murderer" , all know that he should have been punished by death at least 19 years ago
I believe homicide is a better word than murderer and I have no problem with being a part of the humane dispatch of another individual unfit to live in our society. Unless a court interevenes we will have a second execution the week of July 4th. Really that is a good way to celebrate our independence. It says loud and clear, "we will not live in a society filled with fear because of another human being". Those feeling differently should consider moving into another state that coddle killers. For some reason "Anonymous" always shows up on my comments so I will let you ponder the identity of the gamule. A rather easy problem to solve.
Wow. A great way to celebrate our independence? Just when I thought fireworks and grilling out had misconstrued that whole birth of America thing, I read this utterly ridiculous and down-right disgusting commentary. And all Travis stated was a simple fact: taking a human life, "humanely" or not, is murder. Homicide is a pretty word for it, not necessarily a better word for it. From what I can tell, keeping a murderer, which Henderson certainly seemed to be, in prison for life isn't coddling him. Before you do that "taxpayer dollars" thing, keep in mind it cost a lot more to execute someone than it does to incarcerate them. Yes, that's because of the appeals process, but I'm positive that if you or a loved one were wrongly convicted of something carrying the death penalty (or just jail time) you'd want all the time in the world to prove your innocence. If you don't think that those cases are rampant enough to justify it, then do some research.
God bless America!
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