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I believe that the death penalty is an effective penalty.

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 believe in the death penalty.

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.

I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.

Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions.

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.

Yes, I support the death penalty. It is an issue that cannot be fudged or hedged.

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.