True, civilians have the right to shoot at an intruder who is entering their home. But if the civilian catches the intruder, incapacitates him, and has him under his control, then shooting the intruder would be considered simple murder. The end result is the sameone more dead body, one more set of grieving parents, one more cemetery plot. The methods of executing people have all been found to be excessively cruel. It is an ancient, barbaric method of punishment that has no place in a modern society.
Capital punishment solves nothing.
It was pretty interesting to find out that six out of six people surveyed that were not Catholic were all in favor of the death penalty. Another result that surprised me was that an equal amount of women as well as men were in favor of the death penalty. I believe emotions play a large part in how people respond or react to certain situations. Also two people surveyed were my neighbor and his wife. The neighbor whose sister was killed in the previously mentioned car crash.