Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.
I'm always theoretically opposed to capital punishment as a matter of policy; like, I don't believe a state should put its citizens to death.
My wife runs the charity Reprieve, and so rendition, droning, and capital punishment are very much the topics of our dinner table because of that.
Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.
It's time to join the ranks of nations that have put the ugliness of capital punishment behind them.
There's only one reason to be crucified under the Roman Empire, and that is for treason or sedition. Crucifixion, we have to understand, was not actually a form of capital punishment for Rome. In fact, it was often the case that the criminal would be killed first and then crucified.
The grieving are surely owed our empathy, but capital punishment can neither right a wrong nor prevent another from happening.
I'm very much interested in getting prisons off the stock market. I'm very much interested in upgrading the public school system... and taking a second look at capital punishment.
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.
