Yes, but inconsistent application of justice is not a good reason to kill somebody, whether that killing is state-sanctioned or not. And killing in self defense (which I would argue is the only reasonable situation in which one might take another human’s life) is not morally equivalent to killing because we are…

Our prison system should focus on rehabilitating those who have committed crimes. There will be some forms of incarceration that will look like the crimes that the person is being incarcerated for, but it’s simplistic to think that that justifies an eye-for-an-eye system of punishment.

Oh, don’t worry about me. I think we’ve reached the crux of our disagreement: I believe that the intentional taking of a human life is immoral, except when protecting an innocent life. It sounds as though that’s not your opinion, and I think we can respectfully disagree on that.

I’m interested - how do you reconcile that position and your faith (‘Thou shalt not kill’)?

As a christian, you’re ok with violating one of the ten commandments? I don’t remember an asterisk on that one.

Nah, federal death row inmates are kept highly segregated which probably makes Roof happy.

Sad. Modern societies do not need the death penalty. Additionally, I am shocked his lawyers weren’t able to get a single anti-capital punishment person on the jury. Not one.

There are so many other horrible consequences to Trump stacking the Supreme Court with conservatives thatI completely forgot it also means we will probably never rid ourselves of the the death penalty.

The man is going to live out the rest of is days on Death Row. The chances of him seeing the executioner is probably less than 50% (much less, I imagine). However, I’d rather he rot under the jail for life as a lesson to other white nationalists rather than to die as a martyr to some incredibly stupid cause.