Actually DougR, according to the polls, people of your opinion are more numerous than those who do not support it. Hence it would be foolish to think we are going to have 100% agreement here.

Did you read the article I posted? The woman it is about, who lost her sister, brother-in-law, and their unborn child, is working to abolish the death penalty. One of her comments was that when she speaks on the subject, she gets neither the time or the respect that people demanding retribution get. Kind of sad, for a nation that considers itself the world leader in about everything.

I have considered this issue a lot. I have never lost a family memberto violence, but did lose a dear friend, in her 80s, to a senseless, unsolved, murder. At this juncture, I cannot see the right in capital punishment. Perhaps I am too vengeful. Let the unrepentant ones spend their lives in jail. Let the ones willing to change do so. And if it means they have to change and yet spend their lives in jail, give them the opportunity to do some good for this world from there.

With Love.

CamiSu