Kidnapped girl found 18 years later

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Flint

I would like to hear the arguments FOR the death penalty.
what is the payoff that society receives in exchange for granting our government the power to take a human life? What are the benefits?

We get to save about $50,000 a year. Oh and it works really well as a deterrent. <dripping with sarcasm>

I would like to note that the number of federal death row inmates was infantecimally small. But as we all know, even one is too many.

To add to Redux's post. The problem with this is we cannot nor will we ever be able to legislate morality.