That sums up capital punishment quite nicely. And it's pretty illogical too.

Another argument is that if someone murdered a loved one you'd want them dead. That is very true.

If someone close to me was brutally murdered more than likely I would want that person dead too.

But the state shouldn't do the killing for me. I should be the one doing the killing. Capital Punishment then becomes state sanctioned vigilantism.

Odd, don'tcha think?

Adding my two cents (and no, I don't want change back!)

"If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit."

-Mr. Kettenbeil, my 11th grade technical writing teacher

*Giving you true stupidness since... well, since I got here* :D