[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.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

I was being facetious. Of course the system should be 110% certain of guilt before putting a person to death.