Ikari,

I can see your point - and don't get me wrong, especially when there are Monsters taht commit horrific crimes on children, I could ALMOST agree with you.

eventhough I am agnostic, and as such do not believe in organized religion, I still hold very strong spiritual beliefs. I believe that it is God's job to decide who lives or dies, not us. The only exception of that is self-defence, but I think that goes without saying.

I think it is also important to note, that of those victims families who have had the perpetrator killed by death penalty, very few feel satisfaction from the death. The percentage is quite small actually, that feel satisfaction or relief afterwards. I unfortunately don't have the link as I studied this in Sociology, but it is something to consider when looking at this issue.

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Truth is by nature self-evident, as soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. Gandhi