Do you support the Death Penalty

[NDN]

I do find it kind of interesting just from a sociological examination standpoint, however, how the United States is the only country in the First World in which the death penalty is still in use.

Japan and South Korea are hardly developing countries.

[NDN]

I'm with the green countries on the map. They have to be extraordinary circumstances.

Pretty much my opinion. I'm more than okay with it for war crimes, mass murder, etc. I've become increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of using it for "ordinary" crimes like murder though.

[NDN]

I do find it kind of interesting just from a sociological examination standpoint, however, how the United States is the only country in the First World in which the death penalty is still in use.

Japan and South Korea are hardly developing countries.

Okay, western First World, sue me.

You're right though, it's interesting that we've diverged that much from the Europeans. Just another example of the US increasingly having more in common with the East and South than the people it's supposedly the "leader" of.

[NDN]

Oh, and I support the death penalty (even for some members of this forum, likely).  Repeated child rape, murder with aggravated circumstances, probably not much more than that.

Agreed, we should use it more often for those crimes. It's really a shame the Supreme Court ruled it couldn't be applied to child rapists. That said they should require that DNA evidence be included too along with limits on appeals.