"Montblack" wrote:
[ Comparing capital punishment to driving deaths. ]
More than 42K people die on our highways every year - society views
this as an acceptable loss.

Sigh. You're comparing an activity where an individual makes their _own_
decision of risk-vs-reward affecting _themselves_ (deciding whether to
drive or ride in a motor vehicle) versus an activity (capital punishment)
wherein _others_ decide an accused's fate.

Most people presume the context affects the moral and legal prerequisites,
so the activities aren't comparable. Just because people die from capital
punishment and from driving hardly makes them morally comparable.

I would like to see a couple of things:

1. Jury votes of 9-3 to convict.

Some jurisdictions already allow several dissents in the case of civil
trials.

2. An understanding that society has needs, too.

So you're a socialist?