From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V5 #91 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Tuesday, April 15 2003 Volume 05 : Number 091 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] Politics Redux [Vanessa C Wills ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:55:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Vanessa C Wills Subject: Re: [RS] Politics Redux On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 ThisWasPompeii@aol.com wrote: > You have a point, Vanessa. For years a friend of mine worked as a public > defender, specifically death-penalty cases. She was often stereotyped. She > said, "People act as though I think my clients are nice guys. They're not. > They're vicious killers. But the death penalty is a fraud. People think > they're more secure, but they're not." Yes, the false perception of which your friend spoke is exactly the sort of thing I find so offensive and frustrating. - --V ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V5 #91 **********************************