The Punishment Of Death
March, 1983
Who can quarrel with the intent of the death penalty? Its purpose is to validate the preciousness of human life by imposing the ultimate punishment on those who commit the ultimate crime.Too bad it doesn't work that way.Consider who qualifies for the death penalty.Not the enraged individual who in unpremeditated fury kills a spouse or a barroom adversary--the single most common kind of murder.Not the person who kills by accident or negligence.Not the rare person who is so mentally deranged that...
