Editorialstrap
“ the death penalty is regarded by nearly the entire
developed world as abhorrent. It simply panders
to the desire for blood in return for blood”
where McVeigh “appeared to be looking regarded as third in line after Hitler and The exception may be Adolf Eichmann,
into a small camera that had been installed Göring in the run up to World War II. Here was tried and executed in Israel 16 years after
overhead in his death chamber”, the widow an individual who certainly displayed traits the War ended. Yet it is noteworthy that the
of one of his victims said that McVeigh, “just of a person suffering mental illness. Hitler then US President, John F. Kennedy, is said
gave us that same glare that makes me think himself declared Hess insane following Hess’ to have urged the Israelis not to execute him
he got what he wanted”. Indeed there was bizarre flight to Scotland to meet the Duke of as a political gesture to show the difference
no final statement from McVeigh, just the Hamilton in 1941, following which he was held between themselves and the Nazis.
release of the poem “Invictus” which ends “I by the British as a Prisoner of War. Moussaoui may be guilty of crimes against
am the master of my fate; I am the captain of His name, like those of his Nazi colleagues humanity, yet whether he is mentally compe-
my soul”. who were executed following the post-war tent should not be the issue in the determining
And does the world remember McVeigh. Nuremberg trials, would have long been of his fate. We can afford him his wish or allow
Those in Oklahoma will never forget his forgotten were it not for his being sentenced him a lifetime of contemplation, during which
actions, nor will many Americans, albeit that to life imprisonment. Few of the names who he will serve as a constant reminder to us all.
his actions were superseded by those on made it to the gallows have any meaning to Meanwhile the United States will be able to
911. For the rest of the world, he is simply today’s generation: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, demonstrate that, in the words of the member
a minor notoriety from history whose name Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm States of the Council of Europe, “everyone’s
has almost already been forgotten. So, where Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur right to life is a basic value in a democratic
is the lesson in his execution? McVeigh’s Seyss-Inquart, Julius Streicher and Joachim society and that the abolition of the death
attorney, Rob Nigh, was quite correct when von Ribbentrop. Hess, however, albeit a penalty is essential for the protection of
he said, following the execution, “We have comparatively minor criminal is remembered this right and for the full recognition of the
made killing a part of the healing process”. and served as an example to the world. Why? inherent dignity of all human beings”.
On the other hand take Rudolf Hess. Why Because he was sentenced to life and ended If the courts fail to act appropriately, they
do we remember his name? up committing suicide in gaol in 1987 at the are set to allow Moussaoui to be the master of
Hess was Germany’s Deputy Führer and age of 92. his fate and the captain of his soul…
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