Don Surber: Britain revives the death penalty -- for children

Don Surber: Britain revives the death penalty -- for children:
"On August 13, 1964, Britain executed Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans for the murder of John Alan West.
This was supposed to be the last executions by the state in that nation.
But nearly 53 years later, Britain executed Charles Matthew William Gard.
His death was not by hanging.
They did not draw and quarter him.
The British did something far worse.
They starved him to death by denying him medical treatment because the treatment was too expensive.
Charlie was 11 months old.
His death at the hands of government come from the same people who lecture Americans on how we let people die because we don't have socialized medicine -- a lie -- we provide the best care for the poor through Medicaid.
The British refused to allow his parents to seek treatment in the United States.
Now the same Britons want to kill Alfie Evans, another child whose crime is costing the state to much money for medical treatment.
I visited London for a week in 1977 when I was 23.
I always planned to return when I retired.
That dream is as dead as disco.
And Charlie.
And soon Alfie..."