For those against the Death Penalty

[hollodero]

(07-03-2018, 10:02 AM)michaelsean Wrote: If you could be sure of everyone's guilt and that it was applied fairly where would you stand?  Maybe I should, but I don't, have any problem with putting these monsters to death.  It's the other things that cause me concern.  

Can I also answer, while being an European for once? I'm against the death penalty under all circumstances, and the reason is that I don't want the government to kill people without necessity. The life and death power is something I'd rather leave to fate than to some officials.

It seems like a bit of a slippery slope.
(Just like Americans tell me restricting free speech by excluding Nazis from that is a slippery slope. It probably isn't in both cases, but still... I don't want government or anyone to have the power to kill in cold blood. Executing criminals is killing in cold blood, isn't it?)