Debate: Capital Punishment: Where do you stand?

[pookster]

Intriguing topic. I've always believed that the threat of executing an innocent person is enough for me not to agree with the state to have the power to execute any one. A quick google indicates how many innocent people on death row have been cleared through new technologies [DNA evidence etc].

And, of course, stelios may be right, I might change my mind if a loved one is murdered.