[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Or is it that you all feel that the occasional sacrifice of innocent men is necessary to keep crime in check?

Well put. The military sacrifices themselves by the thousands for protecting the country, what's wrong with a handful of civilians doing the same? Especially when you consider most have violent criminal records anyway.

[amchugh]

"Well put. The military sacrifices themselves by the thousands for protecting the country, what's wrong with a handful of civilians doing the same? Especially when you consider most have violent criminal records anyway."

I can't argue with that thought, but I'll never feel gleeful about executions the way some here do, knowing that the occasional (if rare) innocent is caught in the gears of justice.