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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
you have a family member murdered and see what u think then.
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James Byrds family did have a family member murdered. Dragged behind a truck even. Guess what. They didn't want the dude put to death.
"You can't fight murder with murder," Ross Byrd, 32, told Reuters late Tuesday, the night before Wednesday's scheduled execution of Lawrence Russell Brewer for one of the most notorious hate crimes in modern times.
"Life in prison would have been fine. I know he can't hurt my daddy anymore. I wish the state would take in mind that this isn't what we want."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...78K35B20110921