A moral act

January 14, 2003|By Paul McWilliams.

Chicago — The United States is one of the few countries in the world that still allows capital punishment, something most of the world considers to be a barbaric ritual.

There is a definite line between justice and revenge. I don't understand why the families of some murder victims feel they have a right to see the convicted murderer executed, or how executing someone is going to make them feel better than knowing the murderer will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Gov. George Ryan did the only thing a moral human being could have done.