No death for Bowers in Pittsburgh massacre

Within hours of his capture after killing 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue, calls rang out for the execution of alleged mass killer Robert Bowers. The president was first to chime in, forgetting he still owes the Central Park Five an apology for his public calls for their execution for the attack on the Central Park jogger back in 1989, a crime they were exonerated for after serving 14 unjust years in prison. While Bowers most likely will not be exonerated for the current crime, he does not deserve death regardless of his guilt or its heinousness. Why? No murder is justified whether carried out by an evil or mentally deranged person or by the government in the guise of achieving 'justice'. It's simply state sponsored murder to feed the bloodlust of a segment of the population which demands it. It's doesn't bring back the dead. It doesn't discourage other disturbed folks bent on murder. It doesn't elevate our society; it debases it by legitimizing murder as an acceptable tool of social policy. One hundred forty-one countries understand that and have abolished capital punishment in law or practice. The US is one of only 54 countries engaging in this barbaric practice, putting us in company of Russia, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and many more with atrocious human rights resumes. The United States can and must join with the great majority of nations to end capital punishment on Earth. Let's not make Robert Bowers murder victim number 12 in the the latest US gun massacre.