The Irony of it All- A Man Who Deserves to Die, but Can't! Justice demands that when one sheds innocent blood, by man must his own blood be shed! The death penalty is God's divine retribution against those who would shed the innocent blood of another. Even though convicted murderer Allen Holman is unrepentant for his sin of murdering his estranged wife, he wants to be executed. He deserves to die, but can't because justice is being driven back by the North Carolina Medical Board.