Word: crimed
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Last week the state of Oklahoma killed SEAN SELLERS. He was the first person in 40 years executed for a crime committed at age 16, and the 10th juvenile offender executed in the U.S. this decade, more than in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Iran--the only other countries that are known to execute child offenders--combined...
Sean expressed deep remorse about his crime. He ministered to thousands of teenagers to help them find the right path. His execution denies the possibility that a person--a child of 16--can be rehabilitated and redeemed. It is the potential for change and redemption that motivates us all to be better people. Killing the light of that redemption in Sean has killed some of that light...
This means Lee is free to go on tour. Maybe they can get him for his hair. It's a crime...
...labor rallies of Lawrence, Massachusetts. On the other end of the spectrum, a haunting dance depicts J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford crushing the starving masses underneath their ridiculous wealth. Even pinup girl Evelyn Nesbit, whose (literally) insanely jealous husband murdered her lover in what was then dubbed "The Crime of the Century," is featured regularly, breathlessly uttering, "Wheee!" as she sits atop a velvet swing...
Gandhi clearly refutes this philosophy with his statement: "an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind." The desire for vengeance should be overcome by civilized humanity and is no basis for the death penalty. Executing a person for committing a crime is morally wrong...