According to ccn.com, attorney Thomas Maher said of his client, “The executing of Kenneth Boyd has not made this a better or safer world. If this 1,000th execution is a milestone, it’s a milestone we should all be ashamed of.”

The death penalty has been around since the beginning of time; with proof of the guillotine as early as 1307 in Ireland.

Kenneth Boyd was the 1000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977 after he shot and killed Julie Curry Boyd, 36, after their separation, and her father, 57-year-old, Thomas Dillard Curry.

The question comes to mind, yes, he was a murderer, but does he deserve to die himself? It’s true, him being gone does not make the world any safer.

How does this make us any better than him? Is this really justice, or just revenge? And who gets to decide if you should live or die?

Life should not be condemned by other humans. People have become callous to playing God. It should not be our choice whether or not to kill a man; it’s not humane.

Before his death, Boyd’s last words were to his daughter-in-law when he asked her to take care of his son and grandchildren and said, “God bless everybody in here.”

This man had a family with children that he is leaving behind. He did do something wrong. He made the biggest mistake of his life, but this mild-mannered man is no harm to us, and death should not be a penalty. Let him rot in jail for what he did. He should not get off easy, but we should not judge what is bad and what is worse, and no person, no matter the crime, should be condemned to death.

Even if this person did deserve to die for his crime, what makes us high enough to judge this?

It is disgusting how people can kill a man who they believe deserve it. You are no better then he.

Yes, we should be ashamed of this milestone, and we should agree with the 150 protestors who gathered around the prison in Raleigh.

I hope America is proud of the ironically hypocritical decision we have made.