Opponents of capital punishment are extremely selective about the cases they make into public crusades. Strategically, that's smart; you don't want to lead your argument with "unsympathetic persons." But logically, it's problematic.

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The death penalty had received special scrutiny from courts through the years.

The imposition of the punishment of execution for certain heinous crimes has been a matter of intense controversy in the United States and especially in its legal system. Although the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty for over thirty years, battles over its application in particular...

A world lacking in passion also lacks the necessary components for punishment.

Executing murderers is the best way to kill off all crime--it's worked for the United States.

The Timothy McVeigh case failed to provoke the usual outcries against the death penalty, or sympathy for the defendant.