Regarding “Death Penalty Symposium” (March 24-30):
Why are Antonin Scalia and others of the bench and bar defensive in regard to executing criminals? Does it matter whether they are Catholic or not? Are they to follow the judicial administrative opinion of the Vicar of Christ if common law dictates otherwise? Or is there fear and thus a cause to be defensive of their or other's past judgments? The most fearful of all questions to pose is: “Do you have jurisdiction?”
I believe Justice Scalia is a God-fearing man — yet also a man-fearing man.
PATRICK CHENAL
Frederic, Wisconsin