[carlo]

The death penalty says more about us than the criminal. To assume that compensation, justice or such matters is only in the hands of human beings is short-sighted and truly unnerving.

To think of death as the ultimate punishment is statement to our lack of knowledge and dearth of understanding.

Those who are active in propagating this type of "penalty" will surely tie a karmic bond with the victim which will have to be addressed. The hangman and the hangee will surely meet again. This should not be thought of as a threat but as fact.

The compassionate society will take on the karma of the criminal and in fact of each other. By bringing this (compassion) to the event a proper and more far reaching action will come about.

regards,
carlo