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James is right to invoke Sir Humphrey’s Syllogism to explain the enthusiasm of some officials and some victims’ families for convicting and executing the innocent. But Thomas Jefferson also had a relevant comment: “I tremble for my country when I remember that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.”
Posts Tagged ‘capital punishment’
September 8th, 2011
Category: Crime Control, Rick Perry
That’s Rick Perry’s brand of logic: government is incompetent, and the State of Texas death-penalty machinery is infallible.
