Booth's Escape Route

[My Name Is Kate]

(01-29-2013 06:31 AM)BettyO Wrote:  What has the afterlife to do with history?

That was exactly my point. Some of the comments in this thread are for God to decide, not historians or anyone else (such as if Powell's remorse was genuine). And I do not think that he was a cold-blooded killer, BUT if he was, then it is for God to decide what to ultimately do with him and if that label should stick with him for all eternity.

My only reason for being interested in knowing more about what went on between Lewis and Dr. Gillette in the cell on July 6, is that a few years ago I had a pretty bad scare and thought my time here on earth was about up, and ever since, I've had a consuming interest in how other people face death.

When I said that history will always remember Powell first and foremost for his crime, I meant that that should be sufficient vengeance for whoever does believe he was a cold-blooded killer (and I don't).