Exactly! There are children starving, veterans that are homeless, people who need an education. These people deserve money before a guy who gets his rocks off for blowing up 8 year olds who are trying to enjoy a sporting event. Seriously people.

When did I say any of those were punishments or even worthy of being called punishments? That wasn't my point...

Why are you so cynical about punishment? Why are so many people cynical about punishment? What benefits do you gain from others being punished? Will their punishment all of a sudden make time go backwards? Why does it matter if they are being punished at all other than for someone's peace of mind? Again, that sounds religious. The reason a jail/confinement should exist is to block public access to those who are dangerous. It doesn't help when people ask stupid ignorant questions based on their emotions. Punishment isn't going to bring back the people from the dead, its not logical to kill someone no matter the crime.

I am being 100% serious. The sky will still be blue, the sun will rise, you will still have a job/career, you will still be just as safe as you were the day before...you will be an unchanged person physically due to this mans existence or non-exsitence. No body gains any benefits from somebody elses punishment, but people gain benefits of safety when they are locked away for the rest of their life.

How do you know I forgot about them escaping? That's a separate issue that in the favor of your arguement needs improvement, yes, but that doesn't mean we begin to kill people.

It is such a young way of thinking to just go ahead and plan someones demise. I would say its inhumane to plan someones death but apparently its the norm around here.

What benefits do we gain? Let's see -

a) deterrence

b) gives value to our lives (So I know if someone kills me, or my brother, or my mother, that they will face the correct punishment)

c) it's the correct punihsment

d) we don't have tax payer money going to a guy who gets sexually aroused by biting the nipples off 12 year old girls, instead our tax money is going to CHILDREN or VETERANS or PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING BUT TRYING or EDUCATION

See you're thinking of this from your point of view. What if your mother was a victim of a serial killer? What if you were? It makes me nearly faint to think of my mom being murdered.

Deterrence? Really? You think removal of the death penalty would cause a shift in deterrence? My...god...you have a lot to learn

Again, you're getting off knowing that someones life is about to end, your thinking emotionally. Epistemologically speaking it doesn't make any sense. People base way too many of their decisions off of their emotions, which in turn lead to the improper conclusion as far as morals go.

Simply saying its the correct punishment is not evidence to the fact. It just shows that you have a narrow-minded implausibility of the subject.

I'm capable of reading without capital letters as well. Your paying tax dollars no matter the circumstance, sometimes its more and sometimes it less.

I'm seeing this from an epistemological point of view, actually, which is to say that I'm looking beyond the emotion and focusing on the understanding of the way one thinks. If my mother was a victim of a serial killer then my mom would be dead...I would be enraged, sad, broken. But your asking me to put myself in a situation where you hope that I would choose to support the death penalty, maybe you should keep an open mind and look past your emotions.

Emotions are extremely bias in nature and offer less logic than a calculated decision. Just the fact that you asked me to look at it from an emotional perspective says to me that your not all that calculated and can only see this issue from your perspective.

How many people did he kill?Serious question.That would mean,the guy that killed those nine people in the church,should get the death penalty as well.

Glad to hear he's getting the death penalty. The world will get just a little safer.

It's not about being humane to them but not being inhumane. Sounds like you would condone things like torture.

I do think torture for the most henious crimes is acceptable. However not for torture's sake - I think the most henious of criminals should be used for experimentations. For example, HIV experimentation.

I do not believe that punishment should be, in any way or form, goal of the justice system. The goal of all forms of government should be to search ideal life conditions for all people, including criminals. Punishing purely for revenge is counterproductive to this, and for me, is higly unmoral.

I do not believe that a death sentence would impede other individuals of committing similar acts, over a life sentence, quite the contrary, in fact. Many religious extremists consider death to be more honourable than being captured; anyone afraid of death awould not participate in these activities in the first place, considiring the high risk (and examples of this risk, such as the other brother.)

I thus believe the death sentance to be both unethical and counterproductive.

None of the options would fit in this case, as My decision is not influenced by the fact that he has apologized.