MATTERS of life and death are the prerogative of God. That is the short way of saying who determines the time of death. Humans, only one of God's creations, cannot make decisions about the death of others. Of course, there are exceptions, if the law allows.

As long as there are laws. The death of a person can be determined by "human beings" if there are formal legal reasons. An example is the death penalty, which is still used in