Reply #65: lets assume that this is true (and I'm not saying it's not)

[arewethereyet]

but you offer no proof, no matter, I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt...

so they're born that way.

all the more reason to do eliminate them from society.

all you can ever ope for it to THINK that they are rehabilitated, you'll never know and I am not willing to roll the dice when the consequences are as serious as this.

one other point I offer for consideration:
is capital punishment about the taking of a criminal's life or is it about the forfeiture of his(her) own life by the criminal ? if you know that the consequences of a given crime mean you cease to live, then who is making the choice to die ? The state or the criminal ? Actions or consequences.

Either the criminal has chosen the risk or they are incapable and if they are incapable then they can never be trusted.

Just another viewpoint on this thorny issue. Discuss.