[dirtboy]

Agreed. As a Catholic I do not support thre death penalty.

I think the death penalty is overused. However, if someone has killed on multiple occasions and remains a lethal threat to guards or other prisoners, executing them, IMO, saves lives and is a pro-life stance.

[TXBSAFH]

I have this belief for three reasons:
1. It is to mercieful. If I was in jail fo rlife I would welcome death. Better I say to lock them up and let them rot.

2. The teaching of the church.

3. The possiblity (not in this case though) of an innocent man being convicted.

[Spiff]

I think the death penalty is overused.

There's been about 400,000 murders in the U.S. since the death penalty was reaffirmed a quarter century ago. Since then we've executed only 1,000 murderers. By what calculation do you think that the death penalty is somehow overused?