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Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Lifer Murders Five

Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Salem Podcast Network

Politics, News, News Commentary, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In Texas a convicted murderer who had been sentenced to life imprisonment escapes and murders a family of five. Had he been executed; these innocent people would be alive. What prevents you from enjoying daily life? How do you merge the quotidian and happiness?  Issues raised include: what camp did you go in the Poconos; co-worker died last night, what can I say if I did not like the guy?
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0:00.0

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0:14.4

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0:33.5

It's already Friday. Hello my friends. I'm Dennis Prager and I have

0:43.3

an interesting story for you that probably few of you know about. I wouldn't know about it if I

0:51.4

were a regular consumer of news but it's actually somewhat widely reported. This is from ABC News

0:58.0

under if you actually saw it. Escaped Texas inmate shot dead by police after being accused of

1:06.2

killing five. Have you seen that story? So all right you know me as well as anyone on Earth

1:13.9

better than any book one or two. What do you what point do you think I want to make?

1:27.6

All right as soon as I say it you will of course know what I was referring to then. I know I

1:38.1

didn't expect it but I you know me so well and we think so similarly. Escaped Texas inmate

1:45.0

Gonzalo Lopez was killed by authorities after being accused of murdering five people. That's

1:50.4

that's a mass murder my friends. The Leon County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post.

1:59.6

He was armed with an AR-15 and a pistol. No officers were injured during the exchange.

2:07.6

Now believe it or not comes the line. It's one line it's actually two four six eight words

2:17.5

just eight words that is of enormous significance. Lopez 46 an inmate serving a life sentence.

2:29.1

Now you know. People who argue against capital punishment argue primarily that an innocent

2:41.8

may be killed. It's entirely accurate and innocent might be killed. It's extremely unlikely

2:49.7

but it is certainly possible. I have argued against that notion all of my life on behalf of

2:57.2

capital punishment for murder that far more innocence are murdered because we don't have capital

3:09.2

punishment than innocence would be murdered if we did have capital punishment.

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