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To: Bill who wrote (3617)	3/20/2002 9:28:40 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 21057

I've never seen glee. Perhaps "glee" is not the best word. What I'm reacting to is what seems like a demand for the death penalty as the only way to satisfy the righteous indignation of the public. I've been struck with the speed and inevitability with which the question of the death penalty arises after publicized crime. It's like the prosecutors make a conscious effort to frame the incident in a way that will justify the death penalty rather than looking at the incident and then deciding what penalty is appropriate. It seems that way particularly with the terrorism suspects, like Moussaui (sp?) and Walker. They did that to Yates, too, it seemed to me. Looks like blood lust to me. But some people see what they want to see. That's true. And you seem to want to see me as an adversary for some reason. I hope I'm misperceiving that. Karen

To: Bill who wrote (3617)	3/20/2002 9:05:57 PM
From: E	Respond to of 21057

<I've never seen glee> Have you seen avidity? If not, you haven't been paying attention, Bill. Even glee it's odd you haven't seen. Haven't you seen the gleeful gatherings around prisons to celebrate with beers and cheers when a murderer is put to death? Here's an obliquely related observation from the Bedau link: For some individuals, however, executions seem to appeal to strange, aberrant impulses and provide an outlet for sadistic urges. Warden Lewis Lawes of Sing Sing Prison in New York wrote of the many requests he received to watch electrocutions, and told that when the job of executioner became vacant. "I received more than seven hundred applications for the position, many of them offering cut-rate prices."50