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tion, the state essentially acts > in the same manner as the l criminal. This premeditated i act of the state is not excused I by the fact that the soon-to-bedeceased criminal committed heinous acts that cannot be tolerated in a civilized society. It is this very statement (that life is to precious for one human to take from another) that will help us all (including both killers and those who cheer at executions) to move away from barbarism.
If we evolve beyond capital punishment, will heinous crimes cease? Of course not. But what do we actually accomplish by killing one who has killed? Has capital punishment caused the end of such atrocities? No. Do we feel better when we execute another human being? Possibly some people do. But those who shout “An eye for an eye?” (or, in the Karla tucker case, “Forget the injection, use a pickax”), should consider the following: there is another biblical phrase, “Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord”; and, to paraphrase Gandhi, “An eye for an eye, and we have a world full of blind people.”.
Let those who disagree
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