Murder is wrong. An eye for an eye is wrong. He has family and friends who are grieving. Tragic.

[ColinC]

39. Its one of those unwritten rules in society for certain people -especially those who serve the rich and powerful

-or even the rich and powerful themselves. They are allowed to create their own rules -and their mere existence is sacrosanct. It's part of the reason police are also generally often allowed to singlehandedly sentence people to the death penalty. Or why a person convicted of 32 counts of fraud is elected president.

Of course I'm preaching to the choir.

Thing is "the death penalty" is just another word for murder. Being pro death penalty just means being pro murder by certain groups or individuals in society.

An Archaic and antiquated rule. Yet still a functioning one.