What have we learned, we want to use the eye for an eye bible argument which has nothing to do with an eye for an eye. Jewish law dealt with compensation which meant what the eye was worth.
Charlie Daniels got this one wrong... the stump in the swamp is moronic.
i'm not religious. if the family of the victims of the crime want the slimeball to live. be my guest. don't tell me seeing the guy die (i don't mean literraly btw) doesn't create a sense of closure or justice for the victims.