On May 22, the state of Tennessee passed a law allowing the electrocution in the event that drugs for lethal injections were not available. A European ban on the drugs has made them hard to get. The legislation passed 23 to 3 in the state senate and 68 to 13 in the house. However it is done, the death penalty is in force. It's amazing that society makes someone a criminal then kills him/her for being one. We look forward to a society where crime is virtually non- existent and the death penalty is not on the agenda. John Ayers.
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