[Sloth]

Good response in there about the value of life, but I'd defend 'vengeance' as a perfectly good reason on its own.

[xzins]

All of the arguments for the death penalty have merit and add up to a body of merit.

The type of culture we establish, though, impacts us every single day. All the way down to the fear we feel when we walk our own neighborhoods at night....anymore, even in the daytime.