In an editorial today, the LAT speculates that some future Supreme Court will declare capital punishment illegal and argues that the recent 7-2 decision in the Kentucky case makes that more likely. Neither of these arguments makes any sense.
But the LAT compounds its silliness by criticizing Justice Scalia for sensibly arguing that decisions about capital punishment should be made by legislatures instead of courts. The LAT curiously calls that "sputtering."
More importantly, the LAT misses the whole point. Capital punishment is wrong because is requires the taking of a human life which is precious and sacred and God-given, whatever the choices made by the person who lived that life. Capital punishment is no more defensible than abortion or euthanasia. They all involve the taking of a precious, sacred and God-given human life.
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