The Death Penalty

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China, Iran, the United States and Vietnam were the world's top users of the death penalty in 2003, accounting for 84 percent of known executions, human rights body Amnesty International said Tuesday.

More than half of known executions were in China, where the true toll could be more than 10 times higher, according to the British-based Amnesty's annual report.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=4764966

It's kind of a manipulative headline, china is responsible for the vast majority of that 84%, us has around 65 executions and china over 600.

Anyways, what do you guys think of the death penalty? I'm against killing in general, but if you've got a totally deranged psycho who's out of touch with reality, isn't it better to put them out of their misery sometimes, instead of paying for their meals until they finally die?

On the other hand, as many as 10% of all deathrow inmates are innocent, I heard that on A&E.

What's your take on it?