But he didn't say that. He fell into the old trap of trying to please liberals who would despise him even if he embraced every Marxist inch of their twisted agenda. Ashcroft is not a bad man, but he is a politician. Thus I will forgive his lack of certain spinal qualities. Here's the hard truth about the human species.
Some people kill.
Some kill out of ignorance, some kill due to a lack of self control, some kill through greed, some kill for ideological reasons and some kill because they think killing is more fun than a trip to Disneyland. The why matters not a whit. Murder is murder and dead is dead. The victim is still taking a dirt nap, the friends and families still grieve, and the hand of justice should mete out equivalent penalties. I'll tell you why.