Napier said it angers him. Legislators have moved to expand the crimes eligible for death sentences and some states like New York that did not have the death penalty now do. In Huntsville, executions draw meager numbers of anti-death penalty demonstrators. Relatives allowed to watch the killer of their loved ones die routinely complain about how long it takes to carry out the punishment. That's evidence of a poorly educated public.
Desperation is predicated by a small degree of hope.
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