Thou shall not kill is not the same as self defense or punishment. Killing a murderer is both of those. Just because they are in jail does not mean they can't kill again and in fact they often do. Some prefer life in prison because of the importance they have there versus the outside world. The only way I would support taking away the death penalty is if we housed them in a cage where they never got to do anything other than eat and drink bread, water, a piece of fruit and a vegatable three times a day. They were given no rec time and no tv. They only received their food and water after they spent 10 hours breaking rocks. Then I'd support doing away with the death penalty. The fact that it costs more is an excuse. Let's make the appeals process shorter and make it less expensive instead.
What I find ironic is that liberals feel a baby that's been in the womb for 8 months that hasn't hurt anyone can be cut into pieces with a saw yet find it immoral to put to death someone who raped and murdered children.
