Dylann Roof sentenced to death

[Brian37]

Honestly, I can totally see why people are against the death penalty 100%. I'm almost entirely with them.

As for your second point, sure, it has evolved, but Roof is still the crux of the argument, the reason we're talking about the death penalty. I have made clear a jillion times that, no matter what everyone else is talking about, I'm specifically talking about people like Roof. I also don't see how how a law, which I haven't advocated or proposed, specifically designed to apply to the most heinous of killers with the most specific needs for evidence would have to apply to many others.

Because many others, rightfully or wrongfully, have found themselves accused of crimes for which capital punishment is an option.  This particular punishment affects a large number of people and communities that -haven't- been accused of -any- crime, additionally (ironically, it impoverishes the people the state demands by force of law and threat of imprisonment, to both prosecute and carry out the sentence).  It also has tremendous implications regarding peoples position of the proper level of power and authority of the state..what they can and cannot (or should and should not) do.  Point is, it's a hell of alot bigger than roof or anyone else who's ever been executed by the state individually, or even all people who have ever been executed by the state collectively.  

You could easily write a law that only obtained to certain people. The only problem is A. People who love the death penalty and B. People who hate it. If you wrote it perfectly, one or the other side would just shit all over it.

You could easily write that law, but it gives a lawyer the most clearcut appeal imaginable.  It's not equal justice.  This one works even if your boy really is 100% guilty, lol.  Now we're talking about writing perfect laws, though....so, I wouldn't know what to say about that.

There is no such thing as a "perfect law" because just like the Constitution itself, it is open to interpretation. The use of the tool, which laws are are as only as good as the people who write them and use them, so you can only write laws and try to improve or remove. But since we are talking about the ultimate punishment, the death penalty, I know too much of history and even personally even outside mass muder or murder itself, how our imperfect system already hurts the disadvantaged. I'd rather err on not having it to avoid hurting someone innocent long term.  At least with life in prison, you have the chance to let someone out if it is proven after the conviction they did not do it.