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Medellin postscript

By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court allowed Jose Medellin's execution to move forward last night despite opposition from the World Court and the Bush administration.I hope Medellin's death will bring the victims' family closure - whatever that means. But since his execution cannot bring back their lost loved ones, I doubt seriously those painful memories are "closed" for the victims' family and friends any more this morning than at this time yesterday. Such indescribable loss can never be cured IMO via mere retribution, however satisfying the idea may seem to contemplate. The promise of "closure" to me is one of the cruelest aspects of the modern death penalty advocacy - executions may accomplish many things but "closure" for victim families is rarely one of them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 06, 2008 (boomark / email).