>Sam, I only wish that it was so:
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>http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=6&did=109

WOW!!!! It's way WAY worse than I thought.

I could go along with a death penality if:
- it was at the option of the convicted;
- the convicted had openly (i.e. not some signed confession possibly under duress) confessed IN COURT;
- there was some tangible evidence to support the confession.



>
>SNIP
>>The death penalty is reserved of only the worst of worst, the worst offender with overwhelming evidence.
>>
>>Whether they rot in jail or justly executed I don't care. But if given a choice... get rid of the worst.