On 10/08/2012 09:15 PM, Warp wrote:

> 2) People's basically unanimous approval of his actions are just
> preposterous. This was not self-defence, nor was it an overreaction done
> in the heat of the moment. It was premeditated, cold-blooded first-degree
> murder. The man had clearly prepared for the situation and planned his
> actions. Yet most people think that what he did was justified, and a good
> thing.

The media seems to be awash with stories of people who have done 
terrible things, and then walked free because the evidence didn't stand 
up in court, or because they had a really good lawyer, or because 
somebody didn't sign the search warrant, and so forth. Consequently, a 
lot of people seem to have a very low opinion of the system's ability to 
punish those who deserve it.

Similarly, there are numerous stories of people given "5 life sentences" 
who then walk free just 8 years later. People who commit serious crimes 
and merely get given a few weeks' community service. In short, stories 
of people who's punishment is not nearly severe enough for the grave 
crimes they have committed.

In summary, many people rightly or wrongly believe that the justice 
system doesn't work.

Then again, there will always be those people who want revenge, and will 
do literally anything to get it. The people who, even if the death 
penalty was legal, would want to be the one to /personally/ end 
somebody's life. I don't even know what to say to that.

On top of that, almost everybody who writes comments on YouTube is male 
and 12 years old. So I shouldn't expect too much mature logic from them...

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