To the editor: I recall an interview I heard as soon as with an appeals courtroom choose. He mentioned he by no means met the events, neither the accused nor the household of the sufferer, however reasonably he solely reviewed the documentation of the circumstances and trials. (“Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice,” Sept. 21)
He mentioned that in loss of life penalty circumstances, most weren’t crimes of ardour however acts so horrendous that the responsible might now not declare to be a part of the human race. He supported the loss of life penalty in these circumstances.
This view is, I feel, completely comprehensible.
But, I ask: Do you consider within the good infallibility of human judgment? If not, then you will need to admit that the judgment of juries and courts may be fallacious.
I might reasonably pay the price of life imprisonment with out parole than take the danger — nevertheless small — that an harmless individual is executed. We needn’t argue whether or not execution or life imprisonment is inexpensive.
Bob Wieting, Simi Valley
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To the editor: Once I noticed the headline of your editorial, I believed you will need to have modified your place on abortion. Clearly, nobody can dispute the unborn are conceivably harmless.
KC Jones, Santa Ana
