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The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country.

In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The right to take human life belongs to the state. Not so in societies where weak courts and poor law enforcement are combined with intractable structural injustices.

I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.

There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.

More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty.

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.

Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally.

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime?

This country is being managed to death, being public related to death.