>Of course any american would feel they draw the correct line. But that is quite subjective isn't it (5% of the world population)? To me the USA should be ashamed of itself to be the only western country still practising the death penalty on a regular basis.
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>Walter, we use the death penalty for first-degree murder. It's really that simple. Take an innocent life, and you lose claim to yours.

But who loses their claim (to life) when an innocent is convicted and then executed?????



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>I have never read the details of a single story in the last 20-30 years where the accused didn't deserve it. In the case of the link I posted, we have an adult male who stomped a 3-month old baby to death. If you don't think the man should be dropped in a tank with rabid sharks, then we can't possibly continue this discussion.
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>In China, it's drugs...in Iran, it's adultery....here, it's really simple....taking a life.