Happy New Year, readers!

2014 is upon us, and at the moment, I am preparing to enter tech week for our next production. Coyote on a Fence is, as I alluded last month, most definitely an adult show that deals with the issue of capital punishment in the United States. Certainly, this is the most controversial issue currently part of our criminal justice system. Most of us probably have an opinion on the death penalty. I would, however, venture to say that our opinions are rather abstract and esoteric. That is to say, we base our assessments on whether the state should be allowed to kill its most heinous offenders based on a philosophical assessment of crime and punishment. The usual suspects come up. Is it an effective deterrent? Is the cost justified? Why should the state not exact the ultimate punishment for someone who has taken a life? Conversely, should the state be in the retribution business to the extent where it is as guilty of taking a life as the offender?

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