Celebrity Death Penalty Opposition

Meanwhile, up north in Canada . . . 

Catherine Deneuve (I don't have to explain to you who she is) will take part tomorrow in a march in Montreal, where a conference on ending capital punishment is wrapping up, to protest the barbaric practice. Deneuve, who was joined by American actor Mike Farrell and noted activist Bianca Jagger, among others, declared the use of the death penalty to be revolting, and she's proud to take a stand against it during this conference, which took place next door to the only Western nation that continues to use capital punishment. . . these United Freakin' States.

There should be another anti-death-penalty conference directed at the U.S. from across the border, only the next one should take place in a Mexican border town - say, Matamoros or Ciudad Juarez, both across the Rio Grande from the most execution-happy state in this Union. . . Texas. (How many executions did George W. Bush approve as governor in the nineties? I lost count!)

"Capital punishment is a detergent to crime." - Archie Bunker

"I guess I support capital punishment. . . , so long as it ain't too severe." - his wife Edith