late wrote:If killing is wrong, don't do it.
If that's too complicated for you, I can explain.
Things are actually more complicated than that.
I understand that in United States the society is advanced enough that very few people are capable to do something or protected by the System so much that their killing is
necessary. However, things can be very different in other countries like, say, China.
I do not think ordinary people, no matter how serious their crimes are, require to be killed, because it is very easy to stop them, compared with those in power. In contrast, for those in power and not easily be removed because of constraints of the System or other matters, killing them might be a quicker and more efficient way to open the path for the necessary change.
In other words,
killing is not necessarily wrong.
Death penalty, on the other hand, is, because penalties should be reversible even after the process has started -- death penalty lacks such resilience.
In that sense, I do not mind using taxpayer money to maintain these locked up people, or even paying more as long as I can afford it.