Will we grow enough to abolish capital punishment, or...

is it a matter of outgrowing it? Some argue the punishments aren’t hard enough for those sentenced to life when they killed someone, and that going through a decade of appeals serves no purpose other than to cost taxpayers billions.

I am so torn on this issue. On one hand, I want nothing more than to have a convicted criminal die whatever way he caused his victim’s death. That’s fair, right?

On the other hand, we can’t possible know for sure that the convicted criminal is guilty, with 100% assurance, because there is no such thing in some of these cases. How many stories have we heard about prisoners being set free after spending decades behind bars for crimes they did not commit?

Overzealous prosectors have other agendas sometimes, or an overly developed sense of justice. They’ve abused their powers before. They’ll do it again.

So, what’s the answer, in your opinion?