Reply #13: Yes, but in those countries the death penalty is now illegal.

[sabrina 1]

Seems like they have learned. I also wonder how many people in any of those societies actually supported those policies. I think that what happened was the most disturbed, brutal members of society took over but that doesn't mean a majority supported them, they had little choice much of the time.

And the same thing could happen again. As it seems to be happening here. The very fact that any of these people. Bush, Perry eg, could get this close to power here, shows how quickly we could return to the days when people went to public executions for entertainment purposes.

However, statistics are showing that fewer people now support the DP than they did ten or twenty years ago. So there is some hope.