[throwaway8941]

Former FBI agent John Douglas argues in one of his books (I forget which one) that if general public knew the whole scope and details of the crimes perpetrated by any of the serial killers he prosecuted, the level of support against death penalty would be close to nil.

[cm2012]

Plenty of people deserve to die. Problem is we are awful at accurately knowing who those people are.

[saagarjha]

I mean, I hear all sorts of really heinous crimes…people who serially kidnap, rape, torture, kill victims in the most horrible ways possible. I am extremely doubtful that there is anything that is much worse than that, and yet I'm still against the death penalty. Perhaps he should explain what it is he sees instead of trying claim we're too ignorant to understand why the death penalty should be instituted?

[tehjoker]

Always be wary of FBI assertions without evidence. They are fabulous liars with an agenda to make themselves more powerful and scary.

[kiba]

People doing horrifying things justify horrifying things be done to them?