So then a person MAY be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law?
btw, i'll have to go out the door in a second, but i'll try to answer any other concerns you have when i get back.
btw, Scott Peterson was doing the depriving, so it was okay?
They routinely are. Read your newspaper's crime section.
However, the Constitution does not outlaw murder, except by the government. The only crime specified in the Constitution is treason. Murder is not outlawed by the Constitution. Murder of federal officials and employees is outlawed by federal statute. Murder of other persons is outlawed by state statutes. The punishments vary from state to state. Some states, for instance, impose the death penalty, and some do not. Some states require "special circumstances" to be present before the death penalty may be imposed. The specific "special circumstances" that make a murderer eligible for the death penalty can and do vary from state to state.