‘Execution’ is an understatement
Editors, Asheville Global Report:
In AGR #252, on page five, in an article from Agence France Presse,
I sadly read of the murders of two mentally ill people. That article
is not clear that these people were actually murdered.
It says, “A mentally ill US prisoner was executed by lethal injection
in Georgia, prison officials announced.” It was a mistake to
say “executed,” when that man was murdered. James Willie
Brown was murdered.
Then the article says, “In North Carolina, the National Coalition
to Abolish the Death Penalty said Joseph Keel, another mentally ill
prisoner is scheduled for execution on November 7.” Again, instead
of “execution,” it should say murder.
“Murder” Is more prone to induce awareness of the reality.
“Execution” somehow implies that something is rightly being
done. There’s nothing right about murder.
When people in states like Georgia and North Carolina stop murdering
other people in the name of the state, civilization in such places
will resume evolving. Murder is not some proud accomplishment to boast
of.
Media should be clear that people are murdered, regardless of who
does the murdering. Saying “execution” is an understatement.
Gerald Niles,
ECI, Miami, FL
