>Problem is, he'll set on death row for 25 years before they fry him.
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>What ever happened to an eye for an eye.

FWIW, that was never interpreted to mean that if someone took out your eye, you could take out theirs. It meant that punishment should be proportional. Prior to that, people were often put to death for causing minor injuries.

Also, it referred to monetary compensation, not revenge.

Tamar