[fatso]

I agree with you DFF. I really couldn't care less if a murderer lives or dies. You look at someone like Dahmer who had body parts in his freezer, and it's pretty likely he's guilty. He got shafted in general population, I think, and I figure "good... he likely deserved it". Why should anyone have sympathy for an executed convicted murderer?

But that's not the point. People don't have to have sympathy to want a society that transcends violence. I know some people believe in an eye-for-an-eye and to an extent I believe in that. But in addition to mistake and error (which alone, imo, should invalidate the death penalty), I think it's important to have a stand against killing other people. It's simply not right - not morally or ethically. And no matter how hard it is to remember that when faced with the monsters out there, it's important to push ourselves to be better than the murderers. Just like RougeUnderoos pointed out... we don't want to emulate the murderer's ways.

I'm all for locking people up forever and harsh penalties. But the line has to be drawn at torture and death. It's what makes us different from them I think.