Larry Flynt Doesn't Want Execution of Man Who Shot Him; Death Penalty Not a Deterrent to Crime

Larry Flynt does not want the man who shot him to be executed.

Larry Flynt has been paralyzed from the waist down since he was shot on the steps of a Georgia courthouse in in 1978. Flynt was on trial for pornography charges.

Larry Flynt says that killing the man on death row who wounded him and  killed several others will not deter crime. Flynt believes that it is a harsher punishment to be locked in a small prison cell.

Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt was shot and paralyzed 35 years ago but says he doesn't want to see the serial killer death for his crimes.

On Thursday, Larry Flynt published an essay in The Hollywood Reporter saying that while he would love to use pliers and wire cutters on Joseph Paul Franklin, Flynt does not believe in the death penalty.

Since 1980, Joseph Paul Franklin jailed for shootings that left five people dead and others wounded. He has been on death row for 15 years. Franklin is scheduled for execution in Missouri on Nov. 20. Franklin asked to be sentenced to death after he was convicted of his fifth murder.

Franklin blamed his killing spree on his hatred of blacks and Jews. He admitted that he shot Larry Flynt because Hustler Magazine featured a photo spread showing a black man with a white woman. Franklin was never tried for the attack on Larry Flynt.

Flynt writes "I have every reason to be overjoyed with that decision, but I am anything but."

Flynt does not believe that believe capital punishment is a deterrent to crime. In his essay, Flynt points out that when pickpockets were executed in 18th century England, people who came to see the public hangings had their pockets picked.

Flynt writes "That's a true story, and, if you're ever trying to convince somebody of why the death penalty is not a deterrent, that's a good example."

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