Why do we kill people who kill people to show them that killing people is wrong
>>>I think we're forgetting the victims of those vicious murders. Is justice done for them if their murders live? >> >>I guess it depends on your definition of 'justice'. If you believe that kililng somebody brings justice, then you may have a point. I believe however that killing that person brings nothing more than revenge, and I don't equate revenge with justice. > >Well said. And add to it that when the state kills, it does so in the name of its citizens, making us all killers, not something I want to be. > >Tamar