Should we have executed Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee?

Balkinization by Sandy Levinson | Dec. 26, 2006 (Opinion)

So why should anyone cheer the imminent execution of Saddam Hussein, however much one may believe that if capital punishment is ever justified, then he surely qualifies? Can any sane person believe that his execution will in any manner whatsoever serve to bring any further stability to Iraq? The United States is without the slightest authority, moral or political, to intervene in this "self-inflicted wound" (to quote Charles Evans Hughes's description of ... Full Story »

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Jerry Firman
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 by Jerry Firman - Oct. 1, 2008

Yes. The raising of questions from wide viewpoints is always proper. This article is almost all question and little substance on its own. The benefits of this type article are most evident in the comments rather than the body.

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