Loving Death
by TChris
Tim Kaine has promised Virginia voters that he'll allow executions to proceed if they elect him as their governor, despite his personal opposition to the death penalty. His opponent, Jerry Kilgore, also supports the death penalty.
And if you accept that both men are willing to support the death penalty, then what's at issue here is, which one will do it with enthusiasm? For supporters of capital punishment, you see, mere acquiescence is insufficient. Anything less than hard moral clarity opens the door on issues they'd rather not face.
One such issue: how can we be certain that an innocent accused isn't executed? Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that the question isn't academic: Virginia may already have executed an innocent man, Roger Coleman.
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