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To: Neocon who wrote (126290)	3/15/2004 5:22:08 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I get your thinking, literally. And now I understand. Rascal @EssenceOfTheQuintessence.com

To: Neocon who wrote (126290)	3/15/2004 5:56:28 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

It's all in the editing. Before this last post, I heard repeated criticisms of Chinese executions, with no criticisms of U.S. executions. Europeans think that both U.S. and Chinese executions are barbaric. <I believe the death penalty should be used sparingly for premeditated murder of a particularly heinous nature....it should be the result of a fair trial, with the right of appeal.> Would that include "illegal combatants"? Or are they an exception, where fair trial and appeal and the death penalty for something less than murder (conspiracy, for instance) is OK? Or, alternately, will you define "fair trial" to include a closed military tribunal, where the prosecution gets to listen in on all conversations between the accused and the (U.S. military appointed) defense lawyer? How about Abu Abbas? Did he get a trial, and a fair one, and an appeal, before being killed? Oh, right, it was natural causes. Wink, wink. How do you feel about executing Padilla (or holding him in a military prison forever)? Another exception?