Death Penalty

[fredd bear]

I just read where the Governor of California has put a moratorium on executions. The article noted that thee have been  no executions in California since 2006. That 36 US states have either abolished or placed a moratorium on executions.

Capital punishment was abolished in my State of South Australia in 1964.

I wanted to make this thread to confirm or deny my suspicion about Atheists and deep moral questions. That the position of atheists is, if anything, more compassionate than the general population. Or at least no more severe;

My Position: I believe the community can do without certain people EG those who commit murder for personal gain and those who rape and or kill children.

I have ONE caveat: for me to support the death penalty in practice, I need a  guarantee that all convictions in capital cases are  100% safe.

We know for a fact this is not  the current situation in the US, where people on death row have been exonerated and released.

Be most interested to hear reasoned opinions, possibly avoiding strong emotionalism.**

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**If someone say rape and murdered my wife or child, my response  would probably be to bay for their blood. No death penalty here, so I would hope I got to them before the police. I would kill that person if I could. Now that's about as extreme as it gets. It is a  powerful emotional reaction, and completely irrational. I hate violence. Last time I hit another person in anger was in 1964.  My philosophical position is that if you think violence is the answer,  you're probably asking the wrong question