Originally Posted by Mutt

i'd feel the same hopeless feelings and anger that somebody who loses a loved one to a drunk driver or a psychopath who just likes killing people.

if i really KNEW somebody in my family didn't commit the crime and was executed then i'm sure i'd turn against the death penalty. but unless that family member was actually in my sight during the killing how would I ever know if they did it or not.

i really believe in an eye for an eye - i don't believe jail is an eye for an eye.

it's unfortunate that an innocent person may die but like lots of things in life i believe in the larger purpose knowing that it won't be perfect. do you know how many things we do as a society KNOWING that people will die because of something we do or don't do? There are roads that we know statistically have more fatal accidents than they should but we don't do anything about them for economic reasons. Lots of other situations like that - our medical care system, long waiting lists that politicians know cause extra deaths that could be avoided. Mentally ill people dying in the cold of winter on the streets because nobody can be bothered.

i'd leave it to the victim's family to decide if they want to.