Tadpole! ARe you really just alittle bit short on thinking this through? 1-Babies cannot do anything to anybody!!!! but people that diecide to pick a weapon and kill someone simply because they can get a way with it,is what a child, that's a MURDERER! And No, if anybody and kill and torture somebody, let god deal with,them. besides you need to talk to a rabbi, and get some of your ideas straight.

why a rabbi?

That's what I want to know...

What I am saying is that you are willing to kill children, who are living people, but you are against abortion? Abortion doesn't harm any humans, but you are all for mowing them down once they have been born huh? Sounds pretty sick to me.

Name one. If there was proof beyond a reasonable doubt that one person was put to death who was innocent, that name would be a household word, for the liberals who oppose capital punishment would not let us forget it.

dmk

You say we should abandon the death penalty because it costs too much, well, we have been fighting the war on pverty since the 1960's and have spent some 6 trillion dollars. Obviously it is not working and it is economically inefficient, I guess we should stop doing this as well.

While it is wrong to kill the defenseless, a convicted prisoner on death row has been defended. That individual has had the due process of the court system, they were represented by council, and judged and then sentenced by a jury of thier peers, this is nothing defenseless about this individual.

The cases in which individuals have been proven innocent only goes to show that the system does work.

It is inevitable that people will die under the care of doctors, or while driving an automobile, or while swimming, or even crossing the street, perhaps we should do away with doctors, cars, swimming pools and streets as well. As far as an innocent person being put to death, please name me one. If one can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, that name would be known in every household for as a proponent of capital punishment, those who oppose it would never let me forget it.

Although some states still have hanging and firing squads on the books (Utah), the Supreme Court has not allowed that type of punishment because it is deemed cruel and unusual. However, what about lethal injection serves as a deterrent. The death penalty and the actual manner in which it is applied should be horrendous.

The majority of people who live in poverty stay there their entire lives, the welfare system is inefficient, should we end it as well??

Tell me what is the recidivism rate of executed prisoners??? Zero percent. Seems to me it is very effective.

dmk

Excellent point. If we didn't have the death penalty, killers would probably be out of prison again in few years for "good behavior" and other ridiculous excuses and kill more innocent people. Which is more profitable, applying the death penalty to murderers and some innocents being executed accidentally, or abolishing the death penalty and letting innocent people die in the hands of murderers?

The point is it doesn't prevent people not already executed from committing crimes. It is ineffective.

What happened to life being precious and all that bullshit?

Christians always change their values depending on the circumstance. They are the original flip-floppers...

You see I am all for killing them... I am for Aborting fetuses... I have no qualms with killing people in war... If you enter my house without invitation I will kill you... Do you see a trend forming here?

I believe in making the world a better place.

You can start by firing a warning shot if someone enters your home. You are more likely to kill a loved one than an intruder