Are you arguin that the emotional basis of a family's vengeful feeligns are a good justification

But actually killing an innocent person is not a good argument against because you presume it's "rare"?

hell yes it's a good justification. So you don't distrust the justice system so much,that you would assume that all people that get the death penality are innocent,there's a probably a good reason they got the death penality.

Against, man shouldn't be allowed to take a human life without consequences, this includes those terminating criminals.

Peados, murderers, rapists, all sick in their own different way. But a proportion of them arn't in control of their actions, not that I think they should get away scot free but many can be reformed, for those that can't, then life imprisonment is the answer.

read my previous post. So we should give these maniacs a free pass,on the chance that they were wrongfully accused. So if someone killed one of your loved ones,just let give him life in prision. What if you get's out on a technicality,what if bye a small chance he escapes. Like a said before it takes years,even decades before the excution is carried out,because there's along appeal's process.

Really Peados,murderers and rapists aren't in control of there own actions. Are you serious? If someone rapes and kills someone,there beyond being reformed. They had a choice,just like everybody else in society.

Go back and read.

Even the ones who are in control of their actions aren't necessarily beyond reform, depending on the culture they live in. Certain countries have extremely low recidivism rates for criminals when they get out of prison, including violent criminals.

That's not true at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_phenomenon

Assumption that a system works is a logical fallacy when applied in certain contexts.

Your justification falls all over itself because it's hypocritical; you can't claim to not care what's inhumane and then argue that we have to consider the feeling of the victim's family.

That's what the appeals process is for,to make sure they got a fair shake and look over any mistakes that may have happen. I'm sorry but if there was solid evidence that someone killed one of my loved ones,I'd want the dam death penality. Murder and rape is the lowest thing a human being can do and they don't deserve to live in my mind. Just they fact that they get years and sometimes decades of appeals,before the death penality is carried out,should be enough. So your saying all of these famous serial killers such as Ted bundy,Jefferey Dahmer deserved to live,I'm sorry,but I strongly disagree with you. I should just get out of this thread,because I feel strongly on this issue and I don't want to agrue this any longer.

Yup, I know it's cliche, but a lot of reformed criminals claim to have found god and reformed. A lot of them come across as sincere so I'm inclined to believe them.