Last hour for Troy Davis

I am feeling the same grimness and sickness to my stomach awaiting  the execution of Troy Davis as I felt in the days leading up to the bombing of Iraq.  One life lost symbolizes all the lives lost senselessly, stupidly, unnecessarily.

There are many reasons to be opposed to the death penalty but the one writ large on today 's almanac is that a mistake made cannot be unmade.  A life taken cannot be given back. 

When will we become fully human?