...using another one of my pointless and lousy analogies:
Given your point, was the police officer wrong for killing the man who crawled up on stage at a rock concert, the man shot and killed the guitarist and three others?
Did shooter's right to life supercede the rights of the four people he shot to the point that the police officer should not have tried to stop him by using what ended up being deadly force?
The analogy has very little to do with the death penalty, but it does illustrate a case where one's right to life could be "forfeited" (bad choice of words, but I can't think of a better one right now) for the greater safety or good of others.
And if that is true, I wonder if there are a few cases (not many) where a death penalty might serve a similar purpose.
Then again, arguing against the point I just made, how would one define laws that would fairly represent such cases?
IMO, I really DON'T see any easy answers. But it IS an interesting topic of discussion.
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