The desire by families of Bali victims to see convicted...

The desire by families of Bali victims to see convicted bomber Amrozi suffer a painful death was a legitimate response from those who had lost loved ones, spiritual adviser to condemned men, Sister Helen Prejean, said. "Every one of them would want to take that person with their bare hands and kill them and want the worst possible suffering for them," said Sister Helen whose book Dead Man Walking, led to a film starring Susan Sarandon. "It is the expression of their loss, their confusion, their grief, maybe even part of their feelings of guilt as parents." But Sister Helen warned that the death of the killer would not meet the victims' emotional needs. "Killing them (the accused) is an act of despair that says the only thing we can do with you, since you did this, is to imitate you. It shows that we as a society have sunk to their level," Sister Helen said. Sister Helen, who attended the State Opera of South Australia performance of Dead Man Walking, said the execution of Oklahoma bomber, Timothy McVeigh, who killed 168 people, showed the inadequacy of capital punishment. "One man whose daughter was killed said they could kill Timothy McVeigh a thousand times but when he came home he still had to deal with the empty chair."