As they say, I object to taking a life in cold blood for an act that was committed in hot blood. The way I see it, if one kills someone in one's own home, OK- you've got the right guy. (Of course, there have been many instances when someone was inadvertently killed when the 'intruder' was merely returning home.)

Proponents of capital punishment often state that they object to housing and feeding a convicted person for years rather than killing them, citing the imagined waste of money. They evidently don't realize that it is MUCH cheaper, under the American system, to incarcerate them for life without possibility of parole than the single act of execution.

I suspect that those who object to that finding will say that a bullet to the head on the day of conviction would be cheaper than imprisoning them but that's not how it should work in a civilized society.