Lesbian Unitarian ministers wept, Alec Baldwin called those who disagree with him “blood-thirsty right wing trash” and Michael Moore declared Georgia a “murderous state”, adding:

“I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia,”

Which is odd, since he has just made plans to travel to Iran which, in 1988, executed 30,000 people without any trial at all – and Iran continues to administer its version of justice with undiminished vigour.

That must be OK because, like Michael Moore, Iran hates America.

So go the arguments against the death penalty.