The Death Penalty

[devonin]

Why? The murderer decided that his/her victim's life was no longer valid. S/He's just as human as we are. Does that mean that the murderer has more of the right to judge who can live and who can't than a twelve person unbiased jury?

So your solution is "If a murderer is allowed to decide that someone else's right to life is unimportant, surely we also have the right to decide someone else's life is unimportant"? I find that ridiculous. The answer is: "Nobody has the right to decide someone else's life is unimportant" and that extends to the killer, who had no right to kill someone; and to the people in the justice system, who have no right to kill the criminal.