re: Question for supporters of the death penalty

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I'll be Devil's advocate here. What is the logical basis for limiting the DP merely to murder?

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What a silly question.

It's the state-sanctioned ending of a human life through a civil process. We don't need a justification to limit it. It should be reserved for transgressions that can only be righted by the shedding of blood. Justification is needed to expand it beyond that.

The federal government could make Madoff's victims whole by allocating a few hours worth of federal spending to make up for their pathetically naked negligence--though most of his victims aren't exactly clothed in white.

NC bringing up the Jewish angle is pretty uncomfortable, though. Not what I'd expect from him.