1) In Florida (and most of the U.S.) the high cost to the state of numerous appeals connected to death penalty cases typically make it MORE expensive to kill someone than it does to keep them in jail the resst of their life.

2) In cases like the one John started this tread with - sexual abuse and murder of kids, anyone convicted of that nearly has a death sentence put around their neck jsut by walking into the prison. Look at the case of Father Gagin.

3) Why is it that murder is the only eye-for-an-eye punishment we really have? We don't punish rapists by having them raped. Someone who beats up another person does not get beat up.

4) look at the list of fine upstanding countries who have the death penalty. I'm so glad the U.S. is in that elite group.