How many other victims will capital punishment create in the United States before we become aware of the inhumane character of a punishment incompatible with modern society?
Obama remains insistent that the U.S. must lead the rest of the world and that the 21st century should, like the one preceding it, have the U.S. at the helm. But upon hearing him say these words now, one cannot help but feel that he lacks the wherewithal to back them up.