Desmond Tutu calls for global ban on death penalty

South African Reverend Desmond Tutu is calling for a global ban
on death penalty. Here is a quote from the AP article:

Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former archbishop of
Cape Town, was writing ahead of a vote on a draft resolution
at the United Nations General Assembly calling for a moratorium
on executions with the ultimate goal of abolishing the practice later
this month.

"I am delighted that the death penalty is being removed from the
globe," Tutu wrote, referring to steadily rising numbers of countries
that have abolished capital punishment in either law or practice.

I'm conflicted about capital punishment. On one hand agree with Tutu's
assessment that it's vengeful but then again if someone knows that
if they hurt someone else that they myself may lose their life and prevents
them of such actions then may it's necessary. But then again does it really
prevent sociopaths from doing heinous things? I don't know. This one is
a tough one.

Ethical

So yesterday my sister made it on the 10 p.m. local
evening news. Funny thing, however, she wasn't
expecting to be on the newscast. A local reporter went
to her work, she's a legal secretary, asking to speak with
someone who wasn't at his office. They didn't let her know they
were recording and also the cameraman didn't have the camera
raised so she had no reason to believe they were recording her.
She basically told them what she had previously told
when they had called earlier; that the person wasn't at his office.
No wonder car salesmen are more respected than reporters.
Here is the video.