Capital Punishment

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look at a picture of Timothy McVeigh and to forgive him," said Miller. "If we profess to be Christians, then we are called to love and forgive." Once the sermon ended, Rev. Miller, Clinton, and their wives got together for brunch at the Sweet Life Café.
What the Rev. did not know was that 24-year-old Jeremy T Charron; an Epsom New Hampshire police officer was gunned down in cold blood just hours before Miller's sermon on forgiving murderers. That Sunday marked Charron's 44th day as a full time police officer, the job he dreamed of since he was 6 years old.
Jeremy Charron leaves behind his parents, two sets of grandparents, two sisters, two brothers, a wide circle of friends, and a girlfriend whose engagement ring he had begun to shop for. Maybe the Reverend Miller would advise those grieving for Charron to look at pictures of Gordon Perry, the robber accused of pumping the bullets into Charron's heart, and 18 year old Kevin Paul, the accomplice, and forgive.
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left over for the victims. "Forgive Timothy McVeigh," he says, as if we have that right. Absolve the man who slaughtered 168 innocent men, women, and children in Oklahoma City. Pardon the killer of Officer Charron. Nothing could be more sinful and indecent. How sad that Miller, enjoying his brunch with the president at the Sweet Life Café, should lack compassion for the sweet life of others.
Executions at U.S. prisons reached a 40- year high last year. There are going to be more executions in the future as these cases are speeded up, as a result of federal and state laws shortening the appeal process. I would now like to direct your attention to the overhead.
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