Justice?
I have always had a really hard time with capital punishment. For many years, I thought that it was perfectly acceptable to have the death penalty to end a terrible person's life. A life for a life mathematically makes sense; it's a price to pay. But then South Dakota executed a prison inmate yesterday. When this situation arises so close to home, it makes you think more in depth about it. It took quite a while for me to change my viewpoint on the death penalty. I am no stranger to politics or law, so looking at capital punishment from a justice viewpoint makes sense to me. The judicial system doesn't have feelings; it relies on facts and on what is "fair". Now, as a Catholic I have the Church's (and so the Lord's) view on the death penalty to take into consideration. The CCC says this: (2267) "Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude rec...