Booth's Escape Route

[BettyO]

Quote:Or, it could be that he was just a cold-blooded killer. If so, he got what he deserved. In any case, he paid the price for the crime he committed. And if there is an afterlife, he hasn't even paid the worst price that is in store for him and all the suffering he caused the Seward family and his own family. But I don't know why anyone would wish that on someone. I prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt and leave the rest to the law and God. History will always remember him first and foremost for his crime.

Powell was not a cold-blooded killer. I think it's time that we look at people for WHO they were and not WHAT they supposedly were. We're looking at the reasoning behind what transpired to make a soldier and others perform in a certain way. Certainly NOT an admirable way, but what was the reasoning behind this transformation of a personable young man to commit such a deed. We're not here to condemn or praise. We're looking at what possibly transpired and why.

Anyone who is about to die has a right to seek clergy and repent if they so desire. What transpires is between that person and God.

What has the afterlife to do with history?