The Supreme Court yesterday refused to overturn the death sentence of a murderer who said the jury should have been able to take into account his newfound Christian faith in deciding his fate. This is something that has long bugged me – any attempt by a supposedly remorseful murderer to overturn his death sentence ought to be prima facie evidence that he is not, in fact, remorseful. Part of remorse is accepting the fact that you deserve the law’s punishment for your heinous crime – in fact, if you’re a Christian, you deserve damnation, which you hope you will be spared by God’s grace. As the penitent thief at Calvary rebuked the other thief who mocked the Lord, “Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.”