# CA executes old blind cripple

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-executes-old-blind-cripple/340357>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-executes-old-blind-cripple/340357 "2006-01-17T14:36:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-executes-old-blind-cripple/340357/141 "2006-01-19T16:38:12Z")

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> [@Pjen](#):
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> I believe that if a person is of capacity then a persistent wish to die should not be witheld. This would apply to murderers as much as to any other person, confined or unconfined.

I’m cool with that. In fact, I agree with a lot of your previous post, and I personally have major misgivings regarding current crime and punishment philosophies.

I don’t know; my jury is still out.

I look around me at humanity and wonder, is it actually working? Is it a statement of who we really are, a true reflection of who we want to be, an example of our highest ideals and aspirations as a species?

I don’t know.

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