If the killer is 20 years old and lives to be 80, he will be the guest of the poor taxpayer for 60 years. That begins to sound like real money, even in government. The issue of what is considered a crime is much more important than the penalties imposed for actual crimes. Let Libertarian candidates take their own individual positions on this one. Yes, the LP should take a position on the death penalty.
Government is largely a justice system.
Our mission is to point the way toward a less violent world by setting an example, using minimal necessary force to keep the peace. Idaho The death penalty is essential to a just and moral society. What the libertarian stance on the death penalty should be is quite clear to me. This is a nation founded on God's laws, from which the laws of man are derived. Arthur L. Farnsworth, West Rockhill Township, Pennsylvania Capital punishment violates libertarian principles and should be opposed.