Reply #78: And I respect your opinion...however [View All]

"he death penalty is applied unevenly and subject to politics (prosecutors run for office on how many people they fry)."

By that can I assume you mean more black people are put to death than white people?

"In this particular case, the man was convicted by people who cut deals to avoid his fate. It is entirely possible that he didn't commit the murder, the people who cut deals did."

He was tried and convicted before a jury of his peers and found guilty and, consequently,sentenced to death. I do understand your point; however, in the age of DNA testing and forensic science, there are clearly many mnay times when the question of guilt or innosence stops being a question.

"Make no mistake, this is vengeance, not punishment"
Vengeance is just another word for justice which is just another word for punishment. It's all the same. As I have already argued to another poster, this is a matter of semantics only.