>>For me its a red herring. The state should never kill .
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>I agree with that...and I think more Americans are believing that each year.

I don't know about that. There is an anger level in this country that is just below the boiling point.

Here is the paradox I don't get. A death sentence essentially says you have done the most unforgivable thing you can do, which is take a human life. And for that we are going to kill you.