With the jury decision to sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death, I thought I would republish this column I wrote about capital punishment. Will Tsarnaev’s death change anything that he and his brother did? Will the world be a better place? Beyond cheapening life the very same way he and his brother did, what are we accomplishing by killing him? -MG
If like Senator Orrin Hatch, you too believe that capital punishment is a means by which society sanctifies life, one or more of the following statements probably apply to you:
You are someone who claims to be religious but missed the whole point of God and faith
You are someone who believes that might makes right
You claim to believe in equality but deep down you are quite sure that somepeople (e.g. your kind) are more equal than others.
You are someone who kills animals for sport, not out of necessity
You are someone who probably owns one or more guns and believes that without your guns and ammunition, you and your family are in mortal danger
You cannot distinguish between ‘revenge’ and ‘justice’
You are someone who believes that social harmony and peace in the world will only be achieved by “the good guys” using violence to exterminate…
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