<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Steven A Cook:
Murder is morally wrong--no matter what kind of emotionally-charged, anti-crime rhetoric it is cloaked in. And as for the argument that it saves money to kill criminals, specifically murderers and/or rapists, that's just disgusting, "really reaching for justifying straws" logic, IMHO.
The death penalty is all about vengeance. It has nothing to do with money, or punishment, or justice, or deterring future crimes. The existence of the death penalty proves only that, at its core, the society that practises it is just as morally bankrupt as the criminals the society despises so much.
Steve
P.S. Flame away! </font>