No matter how official it was and no matter how heinous his crimes, this was a despicable, unjustified act. No government has the right to kill its own citizens. And the glee with which it was done, and the posturing, hypocritical self-righteousness with which Utahans defend it, makes it even more despicable. I am sickened to my core, and deeply ashamed of the state in which I live.
June 18, 2010
At 17 minutes past midnight this morning, Utah Department of Corrections officials counted down from five, then fired four bullets into the chest of a hooded Ronny Lee Gardner, murdering him just as he had murdered two other people. 
No matter how official it was and no matter how heinous his crimes, this was a despicable, unjustified act. No government has the right to kill its own citizens. And the glee with which it was done, and the posturing, hypocritical self-righteousness with which Utahans defend it, makes it even more despicable. I am sickened to my core, and deeply ashamed of the state in which I live.
No matter how official it was and no matter how heinous his crimes, this was a despicable, unjustified act. No government has the right to kill its own citizens. And the glee with which it was done, and the posturing, hypocritical self-righteousness with which Utahans defend it, makes it even more despicable. I am sickened to my core, and deeply ashamed of the state in which I live.
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Mormons believe that when you are told by God to kill another person, you are righteous. A prophet in the Book of Mormon chopped off the arms of others. This is heralded by believers. No less amazing, again in the Book of Mormon, the prophet Nephi cut off the head of a man named Laban, while Laban was drunk, stole his clothes and a jewelery laden sword. This episode is considered sacred by believers, and essential to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.
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