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Originally Posted by soggypicklemuncher
Capital punishment is murder, about as premeditated as a killing can be. There are people who have done some horrible things, but hatred is a dangerous thing. It can turn people vengeful and drive them to do things as bad as the crime they are punishing.
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Yep - murder can never be justified. Killing can only be justified in self-defence, but killing someone who's behind bars, has no weapons, etc is not self-defence (obviously).
I always look on the latest report of state-sponsored murder from the USA in the same light as beheadings in other countries (and generally they get reported in a similar manner too).
And because I know someone will take that the wrong way - I do only mean the beheadings as a result of criminal misdeeds, not politically motivated executions.