AFAIK we are the only so-called evolved country that allows it. That should tell us something, but it seems to be having the opposite effect. Enthusiasm for putting criminals to death is only increasing.

I do not hate my country. There are some among us who reflexively seek to paint any criticism as lack of patriotism, and successfully so. My patriotism is there with anyone's. I just think part of what made us a great country in the first place is the freedom to speak freely and to criticize the government. That will get you killed a lot of places.

>It doesn't change my disaprobation of the death penalty an iota. It still a barbar practice that shouldn't exist in any evoluate society.
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>I still think that a lifetime sentence with no chance of liberation is a far greater punishment.
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>>It's the kind of thing that sometimes makes me start to rethink my feelings on capital punishment. But, having said that, we should probably wait for a conviction first.
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>>After all:
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>>Davis reported Shaniya missing Tuesday. Authorities first arrested a man named Clarence Coe, but charges against him were dropped a day later when investigators tracked down McNeill after receiving a tip from a hotel employee.
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>>When Coe was charged, we'd probably have felt the same way toward him.