He currently serves as a professor at the prestigiuous American University (“Profile Jeffrey Reiman,” n.d.). In other words, he has no personal history of suffering of any sort like in case with David Gelernter. For him, in my opinion, it was important review of a topic that he can relate only from a purely theoretical perspective. In his article such position supported by not even one or two, but four …show more content…
Once again, it all depends on the decision that the jury would make. The media is providing a plethora of tragic examples on the daily basis, and it is very sad that so many people lose their lives and become part of rather dark part of life. According to David Gelernter, “in executing murderers, we declare that deliberate murder is absolutely evil and absolutely intolerable” (as cited Hinman, 2006, p. 151). Surely, the outcome is evident for David Gelernter. He will probably would feel betrayed, if Grady receives clemency and life time in prison. The same way, he felt, when Theodore Kaczynski, was found guilty of his heinous crimes, but nevertheless was able to plea bargain and have not been executed (Hinman, 2006). As for Jefferey Reiman, it probably would be easier to discuss the details of the case for a prolonged period of time based on “that innocent are sometimes wrongly convicted and if theyreceive the death penalty there is no way to correct the wrong done to them” (as cited in Hinman, 2006, p. 153). This is probably the very understanble position of utilitarian, who attempt to find some use of bad situation. And in this case in order to produce “the greatest overall good consequences for everyone” Grady’s life should be spared and replaced with lifetime sentence (Hinman, 2006, p.