Birmingham Mail

I do love it when readers get specifically involved with the rights and wrongs of the words/descriptions/headlines we use in the Birmingham Mail. Today I received this email: "May I complain at the use of the word 'executed' on pages 1 and 3 of todays paper [Tue July 3]. Surely the correct word is 'murdered'. My dictionary defines 'execution' as ' The act of....putting to death by law'. Mark Cowan's use of the incorrect word may almost imply some justification in the killing which I am sure was not intended! Regards, David Hidson". I think he's right, and my reply was: "Point taken, and thanks for the comment. We used the term to describe the style of the murder, but perhaps should have been more explanatory about that. Best regards. S"