OSHO: The Death Penalty is Not Punishment But a Crime Committed By The Society

Excerpts from an OSHO Talk on - From Darkness to Light in which OSHO says:

"The Death Penality is not punishment but a crime committed by the society and its courts against a single individual who did not follow the rules of the society."

"Death Penalty shows Mens inhumanity to Men.
It shows that man is still living in the barbarous age. Civilization still remains an idea, it has not become reality."

"Changing from death penalty to life sentence is going not towards civilization, it is going still deeper into barbarous inhuman darkness, unconsciousness."

"This is the rule of a barbarous society. Eye for the eye and Head for a head. If somebody cuts your one hand, than in a barbarous society this is a simple law - one of your hands should be cut. The same has been carried down the ages. Death penalty is exactly the same law as 'Eye For An Eye'."

"Death penalty is a crime committed by the society against a single individual who is helpless. It is not a penalty but it is a crime and you can understand why it is committed. It is a revenge the society is taking because the man did not follow the rules of the society."

Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic