[Mrs. Don-o]

The death penalty --- a punishment quick, severe, and certain --- is justice for murderers, but I cannot approve the caning. Performing torture corrupts the torturer, the legal/justice system which demands it, and the citizenry who are entertained by it (or even tolerate it).

Keep in mind how corruptible we are. Human being are horribly prone to corruption. That's why we have an obligation to avoid the near occasions of sin.

[HomerBohn]

It has worked well for Singapore, a state where there is no drug problem as sellers and buyers of narcotics are executed. These criminals are routinely caned prior to being hanged by the neck until dead.

It could only happen here after Americans realized how much Washington, District of Corruption, resembled Madrid in 1936.

[Arthur McGowan]

I never agreed with JPII about the death penalty, and I always thought he played right into the hands of the Bernardins, always ready to help Catholics rationalize voting for pro-aborts. As Mario Cuomo said, “The Pope is saying that ‘pro-life’ isn’t just about abortion.”

In the last 20-some years, no execution has ever been carried out without a statement from the local bishop calling for “mercy.” The rigid fulfillment of this duty is astounding.