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I support capital punishment—but only in theory. When someone chooses to take another’s life, he commits an act so contrary to fundamental moral principles that execution should be justified. Contrary to the liberals of the Left, I believe the state has the powerâ?...
One argument that my fellow conservatives (including President George W. Bush) tend to employ is that the death penalty deters homicides. Even if we execute an innocent person, they say, the effect is a net increase in the number of innocent lives saved. I would agree with this, if only...
"We didn't really do anything different strategically from the rest of the year," Sprong said. "We just had good execution and the ball was moving."
But he did. And so last week Kerrey found himself talking again, this time in a calculated effort to tell his version of the story before Vistica's investigation appeared this week in a bylined article in the New York Times Magazine and on a segment of 60 Minutes II...
In an interview with TIME last Friday, Kerrey said the other five members of his squad have agreed to come forward with a "statement of facts" that he hopes will help set the controversy to rest. Later Friday, they all dined at Kerrey's house and talked the raid over...