CET and McGrath are right, and I won't repeat their arguments. The death penalty would be justified if we did not have jails that would hold people. But we do, and it isn't. McVeigh surely believes in the death penalty, which will make him famous, especially if it gets broadcast. I don't particularly care to give him that satisfaction. But even if he hated and feared the death penalty, the answer is the same. We have laws to protect ourselves, not to get even. Why is it that Europeans can see this, while we can't?