Terrorist like afzal should not he execused at any cost. They have killed so many people mecilessly and they don't deserve any mercy from us. For pope's speech they have issued a fatwa. They want to kill the pope just for insulting their religion. Do they even know the words "Forgive" or "Excuse". They don't have any value for life and such people should be punished severly. I bet that even if he is excused, he is not going to change is heart. He would still want to kill innocent people in that name of so-called "Jihad".