A convicted murderer was put to death today in the US 1,000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977.Kenneth Lee Boyd, who was convicted of killing his estranged wife and father-in-law, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.
"The execution of Kenneth Boyd has not made this a better or safer world," his attorney Thomas Maher said. "If this 1,000th execution is a milestone, it's a milestone we should all be ashamed of."
In his final words, Boyd asked his daughter-in-law to take care of his son and grandchildren and said, "God bless everybody in here." I think 1000 is 1000 too many, stop executing right now :-(
2 comments:
That's ok Jon, who says who's right?
To my opinion these guys may rot in the dungeons until they die but the decision to terminate a life is way out of our league..
DA
I am against the death penalty for one reason, it has been proved that many people given the death penalty in America were not guilty. Also, I think it sends a mixed message, killing is wrong unless it is the government doing it.
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