I think that rehabilitation is the necessary choice.

Not a fan of the death penalty...Due process needs to play out every time. We cannot make mistakes.

Depends entirely on the nature of the killer. If the murder is a one-time crime of passion or revenge then rehab is justified, if it's the work of a sexual sadist, thrill killer or any other form of psychopathy, then execution or lifetime confinement is the only justifiable recourse because psychopaths can't be rehabilitated.

Individual cases vary as far as rehabilitation but I don't believe in killing for killings sake.

I'm against the death penalty under all circumstances.

I have a lot of very mixed feelings about the Death Penalty.
Too many to express here.

You have to take into account that most "confessions" have been shown to have been coerced and, few if any guilty murderers actually confess.

I would leave that up to the immediate family. The captured videos of Police Brutality and Military Crimes against humanity have never been addressed. Will the American Indiian or the Blacks of the South ever be given justice. Every convict receives medical attention and innocent people die everyday from lack of medicine or proper medical attention. Your talking a muted argument that has been raging for centuries.

I'm for certainty. It has to be certain. Also, I believe that it must fit the crime. Planned, cold blooded or multiple. Less than that would not fit. Also agree to pedophiles, but definitely must fit the crime and be a defined type and be much worse than just having the materials. Not saying that isn't a crime but not capital punishment worthy. Also, I don't want to think too much about what that means.

I do think that confession does mean something. It can bring closure to families and lower court costs. I think there should be some leniency for that.

wouldn't that depend on the circumstances?

Killing is wrong, even for the state.

I am not offended...I do not believe the death penalty solves the hurt and pain for victims or their families and friends. But I do believe in humane incarceration, for life. Some atrocities would require that.

I don't know if certain people can be rehabilitated but no one should be put to death. Keep them locked up but under humane conditions as the Scandinavians do. Currently imprisonment in the US amounts to torture.

I don't think the state should have the right to execute its citizens. It's barbaric.

Absolutely opposed. No one is beyond redemption.

The law is an ass. Dickens was right. Confessions are always unreliable, and can be made under pressure or coersion. Judicial killing is just another type of murder and demeans us all.