Reply #51: Depends

[Sandpiper]

While they are in the minority, there are criminals like Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, John Allen Muhammad and people of the like, who have taken the lives of others purely for sport. I have no moral opposition towards capital punishment for this type of people.

Ditto for remorseless, unrepentant mass murderers like Timothy McVeigh.

On the other hand, I think the way that capital punishment is practiced in this country is grossly unequitable and is skewed disproportionately towards minorities and the poor. Such being the case, I feel that we should have a national moratorium on the death penalty until these issues are adequately addressed.