I'm against the death penalty in most cases, but only because there are so many wrongful convictions. If there were concrete evidence-- ie a clear videotape, caught at the scene, or IDed by a neighbor or something that could have walked by and said "Hey Jack! How's the wife?" he was so close-- then I'm all for it.
As for religious arguements, big deal. Read the Old Testament-- God used to turn people into pillars of salt for less.
And morally? Soldiers kill, cops kill if they have to, and as a society and government we accept this. There are times when it is a defined threat, including the pain of watching the person come up for parole every 20 years (like the madness that is Charles Manson's or Mark David Chapman's parole hearings) is too much.
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Originally posted by The_Dude
i think the guy/girl goes thru more punishment living in a prison (where he'd get abused and stuff) than just ending the torture for him/her
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That's assuming the person is bitch rather than butch. I think if they'd allready killed a person they are 1. Confined away from most other prisoners and 2. Not likely to become somebody's bitch.