bigoldalphamale

'2) It costs more than life in prison'

please substantiate this claim...everything i have read is overwhelmingly to the contrary.

'3) It kills innocent people'

that seems to me to be more problematic of our legal system.

'5) It's hypocritical'

not in the least. the state makes it quite clear that if you kill another person, you could face death yourself. murderers and rapists give thier victims no such warning. two totally different ballgames here.

i understand your passionate yearning for the preservation of life...i think that passion might lose some of its edge if your 14 year old daughter was kidnapped, dragged into the woods and help captive for days while the offender raped and tortured her and finally dismembered her and had sex with pieces of her cold dead corpse. if you hold true to your passion after something like that...you're a better man than me.