Car theft ends with baby strangled

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3. With respect, that's the kind of absolutism that cost Michael Dukakis the Presidency.

..when Bernard Shaw, the moderator of the debate, asked Dukakis, "Governor, if Kitty Dukakis (his wife) were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?" Dukakis replied, "No, I don't, and I think you know that I've opposed the death penalty during all of my life", and explained his stance. After the debate, many observers felt Dukakis's answer lacked the passion one would expect of a person discussing a loved one's rape and death. Many– including Dukakis himself– believe this in part, cost him the election, as his poll numbers dropped from 49% to 42% nationally that night.