Alex, I couldn't agree more. Capital punishment presumes that every person, from police to forensics to judge and jury execute their roles flawlessly and, therefore, execution of a person is justified. I remain unconvinced that retribution does not pass for justice in this country.

There are some people who are predators without boundaries. To me the better solution is life without possibility of parole. Even the perston who has been convicted of a single violent crime should be given the same sentence, which allows them time for better testing and more investigation to take place.

We can let someone out of prison, but we can't bring them back after we kill them. As a "deterrent" all we've accomplished is that the person who was executed won't kill again.

Many of us feel that pedophiles, especially serial pedophiles are deserving of the death penalty for the lives they've ruined and the children who go on to abuse themselves, another lin in a horrible chain. If it is a death penalty crime, it means it is more likely that the victims would be killed so they couldn't testify. I do think that the sentences need to be stiffer than they are in some states. This is another case of keeping someone in prison so they can't re-offend; this is a group with a high recidivism rate.

I do realize that pedophiles are considered the lowest of the low by the other inmates. A primitive side of me knows they will be targets and would have to be kept away from them for their own safety.

A few years ago a Death Row inmate in Ohio requested his own execution. If someone who knows they will never get out of prison again requests death, is it an execution or an assisted suicide? Or do we just deny them a choice? What do you think?

I agree you never know if someone is innocent.   With advances made with DNA cases are coming to light about people in prison for years and then discovered through DNA they were innocent all along.    

Granted there are some crimes that if committed against my family I might change my mind.   But then I think  what if my son, daughter, father, mother committed the crime.   I couldn't bear to know that they would me executed at such and such a time.       why have 2 families suffer.

I read an article in a paper ( no proof I never keep the info) where a guy was executed.  His mother attended for what ever reason.  ( I wouldn't have been able to)  When it was over and everyone was leaving in the snow and ice, the prison brought a car around for the victims family.   She was made to walk the block.    I felt so bad for her.    Here her son just died and although she had nothing to do with the crime the prison and those involved treated her terribly.    Yes sympathy for the victims family was in order.   but couldn't some one have shown some compassion for her also.        the death penelty just doesn't sit right with me.   My opinion