...That's truly a relief. Capital punishment is the harshest of sentences a court can deliver and I'd hate to think of an innocent being found guilty of it. It's not a pleasant sight even for people that do deserve it.
[Not that he's personally executed anyone, but... he still remembers setting up the gallows for the executioner and later confirming the corpses in their coffins before stapling them shut. All of that was grim... and probably one of the reasons why he resigned ten years ago. ...Right?]
That's terribly narrowminded. I'm afraid I don't have any advice how to bring about such change, but I believe that your father and yourself will be able to change the system. You've already succeeded in defending someone that was facing the highest of punishments and I don't think that can simply be ignored.
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...That's truly a relief. Capital punishment is the harshest of sentences a court can deliver and I'd hate to think of an innocent being found guilty of it. It's not a pleasant sight even for people that do deserve it.
[Not that he's personally executed anyone, but... he still remembers setting up the gallows for the executioner and later confirming the corpses in their coffins before stapling them shut. All of that was grim... and probably one of the reasons why he resigned ten years ago. ...Right?]
That's terribly narrowminded. I'm afraid I don't have any advice how to bring about such change, but I believe that your father and yourself will be able to change the system. You've already succeeded in defending someone that was facing the highest of punishments and I don't think that can simply be ignored.