Tiffany Bair: Stam’s absurd arguments

I read Rep. Paul Stam’s Oct. 7 letter “Refuting death penalty claims” with bemusement.

Among his other weak ideas to justify a barbaric practice, claiming that the death penalty is a deterrent is akin to seeing an adult with a cigarette dangling from his mouth saying, “Don’t smoke, but I can.”

Trying to deter murder by murdering is quite absurd.

This story was originally published October 8, 2015 at 4:19 PM with the headline "Tiffany Bair: Stam’s absurd arguments."