Wednesday, January 18, 2006

not seeing the forest for the trees

From a CNN story about the execution of a 76-year old prisoner:

Having suffered a heart attack back in September, [condemned prisoner, Clarence Ray] Allen had asked prison authorities to let him die if he went into cardiac arrest before his execution, a request prison officials said they would not honor.

"At no point are we not going to value the sanctity of life," said prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon. "We would resuscitate him," then execute him.



Well, at least they value the sanctity of human life.