Michael Kopetski: “In closing, we talk about being a civilized society in this debate and I think life is often full of ironies. This…”

“In closing, we talk about being a civilized society in this debate and I think life is often full of ironies. This Nation has been debating whether the penalty in Singapore ought to be carried out on a young man because he is going to be caned. The irony is as that debate rages, and most Americans, I believe, are opposed to the caning of that young man, here we are, the representative body of the people, about to impose the most heinous form of punishment, the death penalty, and I believe that to be wrong.”