re: #346 Obdicut

If you know the death penalty is going to cause the loss of innocent life, and you know that you don’t have to use the death penalty, why on earth would you condone its use? Just so the punishment for murder can be death? How does that make the briefest bit of sense?

Shouldn’t, therefore, those executing the innocent person be put to death as well?

No, because an executioner is enacting a sentence imposed by a duly and properly constituted court. Unless you mean to suggest that soldiers are similarly exposed to such hazards?