Little--I am not debating whether he deserved a last meal. I am discussing our collective conscience. In the past, we have felt that we must keep our humanity and not let the actions of evil people rob us of that. When we let go of these little things, we change. Whether execution is deserved or not (and many times this is an unevenly and unjustly applied punishment) we have always held ourselves to a higher standard. Now we cheer high numbers of execution. This isn't about the condmened at all----it is about US as a people. Do we let horrible people destroy our humanity---or do we hold ourselves above it?
That's all. Take everything away from the accused---put them in rat infested cells. It doesn't really matter---but we WILL define ourselves.
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