Grab - I understand how you feel. I'm sure you and I are among "the many" whose wish is to obey the law, live decent lives and hurt no one. However, I feel that "the few" are not the people who break under whatever strain of everyday life in a corrupt money-poisoned society and commit small crimes on an individual basis. My concept of "the few" is the people who commit huge social and financial crimes that cause millions to suffer injustice and inequality. "The few" who are already rich beyond conception...but still WANT MORE.

So...we can agree to disagree, while both being among "the many". I still do not care for capital punishment, but I would apply it in wartime...to looters, rapists....soldiers and individuals who take deliberate advantage of social chaos. Then and probably only then, I would not hesitate to use capital punishment.