Letter: We must cherish all human life

With life there is hope. Death ends hope. The death penalty ends hope for redemption, reconciliation and release if truly innocent. Execution says society has given up hope on the individual and, worse, that we accept the possibility of innocents being killed. Assisted suicide ends hope of grace, dignity of the infirm and end of life time with loved ones.Suicide is a terrible plague on our world today, and how does society tell the person struggling with mental health or the burdens they carry t