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Robert Yarbrough

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As I’m writing now on the morning of the 26th, before bringing up the ol’ blog aggregator, I’m anticipating a predictable partisan silence from the right and predictable partisan outrage from the left regarding last night’s execution of convicted murderer Robert Yarbrough.

My personal opinion on capital punishment changes frequently, so I usually try to stay out of it.  On the one hand, there is the completely justifiable desire to extract punishment for unusually heinous crimes, but on the other hand, it leaves a rather unpleasant moral aftertaste.  It’s kind of like shooting a horse with a broken leg.  Yeah, it really needs to be done, but it’s just not fun (well, for most people).

I’m now writing at 11 PM and there are no signs of any posts from anybody about Yarbrough.  What gives?  Didn’t anyone on the left have a prepared statement of outrage about this?  Isn’t anyone going to politicize this?  (Okay, I suppose the right is way too busy claiming victory for the entirely predictable (and, incidentally, correct) upholding of the Second Amendment to congratulate Timothy Michael Kaine on keeping his campaign promise.)

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