Should the death penalty be considered if nuclear secrets were sold to an enemy nation?

[ShazzieB]

100. Same here.

I am anti-death penalty, period. What was done to any criminals in the past is not relevant. Plenty of things were done in the past that should never happen again.

It's also a horrendously expensive and inefficient way to deal with any criminal. The amount of time and money it would take to sentence an ex-president to death, much less carry out such a sentence, would be off the charts.

I also agree with the point that it would make him a martyr. No thank you. Surely none of us wants that.

I don't care how many laws there may be on the books that could qualify him for the death penalty. Seeking that penalty for him would be way, way, way more trouble than most of us here can imagine and cause a ton of problems that I'm sure Jack Smith would rather avoid.

Of course, I think the death penalty is barbaric, so my opinion is far from an objective one. The sense of revenge and retribution some feel when a criminal is executed doesn't justify state-sanctioned murder.