Dickens : Christianity execution reminder that few civilized countries do this . He says state-sponsored killing fosters a culture of violence in Libya Parini : Jay Parini , Dickens found death penalty repulsive , hypocritical , unchristian . Parini : The death sentence is inevitably delivered by `` men of fallible judgment , whose powers of arriving at the truth are limited , and in whom there is the capacity of a mistake or false judgment . '' Odd that many who oppose abortion are OK with the state taking a human life .
Dickens : Christianity execution reminder that few civilized countries do this . He says state-sponsored killing fosters a culture of violence in Libya Parini : Jay Parini , Dickens found death penalty repulsive , hypocritical , unchristian . Parini : Odd that many who oppose abortion are OK with the state taking a human life .