This story brings up another reason to oppose the death penalty: Victims (of crimes other than homicide) or witnesses will be more reluctant to report a crime if they know the perpetrator and don't want to see that person executed.
My main reason to oppose the death penalty (but with no motivation whatsoever to act on this conclusion) is that capital cases invariable lead to this convoluted appeals process that wastes millions (not an exaggeration!) of dollars worth of people's time that could have been better spent on something that actually improves society rather than dithering over one particular person's fate.
Posted by Matt Bruce at January 4, 2008 06:53 PM