the death penalty, for me, is a tricky subject. I hate it. like i said before, i dont want anyone dead. but then after saying that i see the news or read a newspaper, and see people getting murdered, kids getting kidnapped, tortured, raped, killed.. i see the sickest people on this earth getting protected and defended because of their "human rights" when they violate their victims rights in the most disgusting and inhumane ways possible.. i dunno what i think... i hate the death penalty, but sometimes, i guess, death is the only punishment worthy of some of these people... and i suppose, if some sick fuck had just killed someone in my family, i want the motherfucker dead too, it is mainly for the victim, like you said.. but ive been told by a close friend of mine living in california, that when someones done somethin to someone close to you so bad that they get the death penalty, all you want is closure... but closure never comes, even after that persons dead..