For those against the Death Penalty

[hollodero]

(07-03-2018, 10:19 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I don't consider it cold blood, but I guess it depends on how you define it.

I have no issue with someone being against killing someone.  I'm not going to try to convince them otherwise as that is probably the better way for humans to behave.  I just can't bring myself to caring that evil people are killed.  But  I don't celebrate it. (well maybe Gacy).   

I'm not caring about evil people. If that guy Breivik was killed, I wouldn't shed a tear for him, or that this Oklahoma bomber was executed. It's more about the principle. I don't want the state to have the power to kill other human beings, no matter what they did.

Of course, I still want police on an active shooter scene to kill the spree killer to save others. Kiling somenoe in chains, however ("in cold blood" is probably the wrong expression, but I can't think of a better one for killing someone without necessity), doesn't serve that purpose.