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LETTERS, Page 6Upon Sentence of Death
At first, in his discussion of capital punishment, Richard M.
Cohen gives the impression that he is a bleeding heart, soft on
murderers because he does not want them to be executed (ESSAY, Feb.
13). Later he makes it clear that his solution for taking care of
murderers is to lock them up for life with no hope of release, a
cruel fate worse than death. Surely the only humane way to protect
the public from unreformable violent criminals is to execute them
speedily and as painlessly as possible.
J. Douglas Bourne
Ottawa
Cohen would have a murderer sit in a cell contemplating his
crime for 40 years. What murderers have time for that? They are too
busy meeting with their court-appointed attorneys and planning the
many appeals and motions for new trials, not to mention watching
television and spending time in the prison library, shops,
counseling sessions and organized physical activities. Immoral
though it may be, we should execute the murderers and help the
hungry, homeless and uneducated.
Donald C. Rickwalt
Conroe, Texas