 I think that Justice Potter Stewart said it best: Quote:
In part, capital punishment is an expression of society's moral outrage at particularly offensive conduct. This function may be unappealing to many, but it is essential in an ordered
society that asks its citizens to rely on legal processes rather than self-help to vindicate their wrongs.
‘The instinct for retribution is part of the nature of man, and channeling that instinct in the administration of criminal justice serves an important purpose in promoting the stability
of a society governed by law. When people begin to believe that organized society is unwilling or unable to impose upon criminal offenders the punishment they 'deserve,' then there are sown the seeds of anarchy -- of self-help, vigilante justice, and lynch law.’
| He did not mince his words, he addressed what he believed to be the fundamental truth. How many times have we seen or read about a relative of a victim, killing the person accused of the crime because they got off on a technicality or some such thing.
dmk Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
-Russell Kirk- | 
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