There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.
I am against the death penalty.
I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.
I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.
The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder.
Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.