Death Penalty: Pt XXIV

I've always had the opinion that one is either for or against capital punishment, and that the number of victims or manner of killing, is irrelevant.

Yet, there are two separate cases at the moment where people seem to have drawn a line that some crimes are horrific enough to warrant the death penalty as an exception - the ISIS Poms and Japanese cult leader.

Those cases have been enough for people to say things like:

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These people are cold blooded murderers; they don't deserve to live, to occupy space on the planet or to breathe the air the rest of us do. (NOTE: I am generally against the death penalty, but not in this case)

Lots of people are cold-blooded murderers, so where is the line drawn?

Note: if you're pro-capital punishment, your views are irrelevant, so feel free to leave them in your head. I'm interested in finding out where the line is that means people who don't support the death penalty will allow for its use.

Norway seems to have no problem with the worst mass-murderer this century not being put to death, and neither do I.

The difference is stark: if the ISIS Poms are executed, they will become martyrs to their cause, while Brievik alive but behind bars is a laughing-stock.

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