Yesterday, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arraigned before a U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay.
The prosecution says that he confessed to all kinds of terrorist activity -- whether under torture or not, we don't know, because it's all done so secretively.
He may get the death penalty. In fact, he is asking for it. He wants to be a martyr.
Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I oppose the death penalty for a variety or reasons. This is another.
If we execute Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, we create another martyr. We create another legend. And we inspire more terrorists to follow in his footsteps in order to achieve the glory of martyrdom.
A true punishment would be to just lock them up and throw away the key. There's no glory in that.
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