Forest: I want to apologize. That came off even ruder than I meant it to. It's not you I have a problem with, it's this topic. I feel strongly that the death penalty should be abolished - not because people who kill 5 children should go on living, but because SO MANY innocent people die in our justice system. And I've already been through statistics and other reasons on another Andrea Yates thread, so it was easier just to say what I did on this one, rather than repeat myself.
Anyway, the point is this: It's disgusting to me how many innocent people are rotting away on death row right now, and yet the death penalty isn't even an issue in politics. This was Nader's entire point when he said the two parties have merged. He was the only person standing against the death penalty. And while I'm trying to educate people on the inherent cruelties and injustices in capital punishment, I come to boards and read shit like this, where people say, "They should publicly kill her to send a message to crazy people that we don't accept crazy people in our society." I just wish people would think, and do a little research, before they spread their ignorance.
http://www.aclu.org/death-penalty/