however, at least in the American justice system, we hopefully try to give people a fair trial and find physical evidence to convict them...and we only take their lives in the most extreme cases.

we don't (always exceptions to the rule) in general simply kill people for their beliefs or for some perceived slight as they often do in the middle eastern and african muslim worlds. i mean, WHY did they behead those Japanese journalists? cuz...they're journalists????

i get what you're saying, but...nah.