Anti-death penalty groups have made it difficult to quickly execute criminals, and then turn around and then play up resulting delays in execution as an argument against the death penalty. That’s chutzpah!-While I support the sanctity of life and oppose the killing of human beings who have done nothing more than exist, I believe that people who commit terrible crimes may be deprived of their liberty or even their lives in the interest of society and of justice.-Those who are sentenced to death have done horrific things, and if the threat of the death penalty deters just one additional murder then the system has brought something positive out of the tragedy.-The death penalty allows closure in other ways as well. You may recall that the Green River Killer revealed the location of his undiscovered victim’s bodies as part of the plea bargain that spared him from the death penalty. Had the death penalty been abolished those bodies might be mouldering in unmarked graves to this day.
Anti-death penalty groups have made it difficult to quickly execute criminals, and then turn around and then play up resulting delays in execution as an argument against the death penalty. That’s chutzpah!-While I support the sanctity of life and oppose the killing of human beings who have done nothing more than exist, I believe that people who commit terrible crimes may be deprived of their liberty or even their lives in the interest of society and of justice.-Those who are sentenced to death have done horrific things, and if the threat of the death penalty deters just one additional murder then the system has brought something positive out of the tragedy.-The death penalty allows closure in other ways as well. You may recall that the Green River Killer revealed the location of his undiscovered victim’s bodies as part of the plea bargain that spared him from the death penalty. Had the death penalty been abolished those bodies might be mouldering in unmarked graves to this day.