Victims rights activists urge Taiwan government to reconsider death penalty
By Dennis Engbarth Taiwan News, Staff Reporter 2010-07-03 03:38 AM
A group of murder victims from the United States and Japan are holding a series of lectures in Taipei and other cities this weekend to support calls by local activists for a cessation of capital punishment in Taiwan.
U.S. group of murder victims' families argues against death penalty
Taipei, July 2 (CNA) State execution of convicted murderers does not guarantee peace of mind for the families of the victims, an international non-governmental organization said in Taipei Friday.
"Executing someone helps no one... Killing another human being does not undo that act of violence," said Robert Meeropol, vice-chair of the board of directors of the Murder Victims' Families For Human Rights (MVFHR).
大導演庫柏力克曾經拍了一部膾炙人口的反戰電影,叫做《奇愛博士》。這位怪博士從前是個納粹,二戰以後歸化為美國公民,但是骨子裡,仍然是個納粹。為了表現這種表裡不一,電影安排他得了一種怪病叫做「他手症」(alien hand syndrome),每當他用人道語言包裝納粹思想時,右手便不由自主的半舉起來,做出「向希特勒致敬」的姿勢。