Being in favor of abortion and against the death penalty is hypocritical and typically liberal.

I also have a Definition for you Hypocrite: 1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs. http://dictionary.reference.com... which is exactly my point. So you didn't unhinge crap. Now is abortion is ending a life, not just a life, and innocent life that hasn't had a chance to have an impact on the world at all. Trying to deny your ending life by having an abortion is a lie. At conception life begins, that is a fact. It may not spring up and start doing cartwheels for you but it is life. Now you say that conservatives that are "Pro Life" and for the death penalty are hypocrites? I totally challenge that. Being opposed to abortion, saying it is murder to kill a child that is alive and growing inside you, that you created, is very pro life. Also, killing a person that has shown a they have no respect for another person's right to live is actually defending life. You also state: "Many studies have shown that the death penalty is no more effective as a deterrent to murder than life without parole." This is complete bull. Think about the lifer's in prison, they are the most dangerous people in that prison simply because they have nothing to lose. The murder rate in in prison is over 50 to every 100,000. The majority of the offenders are men serving life in prison. Rather than execute them you would have them being a danger to other inmates as well as guards? Being alive they are a danger to life. As far as the death penalty being a deterrent, we don't use it enough to be a deterrent! Saying that 127 people could have been wrongfully executed isn't a reflection of the death penalty in any way. You could make that argument about life sentences, we should abolish those sentences too? How many killers got out of prison and went on to commit more violent crime? I bet you it is more than 127. Considering the average sentence served for commiting murder is less than 12 years, I think we NEED the death penalty to be used a lot more frequently. We don't use the death penalty nearly enough to be a deterrent. We have executed 1,056 people since 1976. That is about 35 a year, that is nothing. China executes around 1400 people a year and they have a low violent crime rate. You say: "Finally, one more argument against the death penalty states that its application is unequal and discriminatory. A black defendant on trial for murder is 38% more likely to be given they death penalty than a defendant of any other race; and nearly 90% of all victims in death penalty cases are white, despite the fact that whites make up only about 50% of all murder victims." Well, when you consider that Blacks make up 47.6% of all murderers, and only about 10% of the population, that is about right. They get convicted more cause they commit more violent crimes and are often repeat offenders. But another thing that is typically liberal is to accuse everything they don't agree with as being racist. Stop hiding behind the liberal shield of racism and face facts. The death penalty is a PENALTY, it isn't a random thing, they don't pull people off the street and execute them on a whim. Some times death is necessary to support life. http://www.benbest.com... I wouldn't have as much of a problem if you were pro abortion and pro death penalty, or anti abortion and anti death penalty, but pro abortion and anti death penalty? Think about what your saying! You want to kill children and protect killers! That is the bottom line. That is evil. If you don't see it that way then that just shows how evil that liberal America is. Conservatism is giving people a lot of freedom, but holding them responsible for their actions. Liberalism is to give people some freedom but absolve them of all responsibility for their actions. That is exactly what you are saying. Sleep around, it is cool, you can just have an abortion later. Kill as many people as you want, we won't hurt you. That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. If we had a standard for the death penalty, like any type of murder results in the death penalty which is to be carried out within a year or after their first and only appeal. The murder rate would decline. If abortion were made illegal, the number of people using protection while having sex would increase, making people safer. The world would just be a better place. In closing, being pro abortion, is supporting the ending of innocent lives. Being anti death penalty, is protecting people who are anything but innocent. How is that not hypocritical?