[fabsroman]

Blacktail,

Poaching for profit should be punishable by death? How about shooting an auto mechanic for ripping off grandma and grandpa or the 18 year old college girl that knows nothing about cars? Poaching for profit hurts the environment and other generations to come, kind of like littering, but it doesn't hurt anybody directly. Should we shoot people that litter? Don't get me wrong, I do not condone littering, but there would be a lot of dead people laying around if we gave the death sentence for littering.

Street racing punishable by death. Thank God new criminal laws and sentences cannot be applied retroactively. I did my fair share of drag racing when I was younger, but don't really get into it anymore on the street.

How about road rage, and how do you judge what road rage is? Road rage is probably responsible for more deaths a year on the road than drag racing is. I know it is a big problem around this area.

Andy,

I haven't checked out the PM yet, but I would sum up my view on the death penalty as saying that it should be applied on a case by case basis to any crime that the jury sees fit to apply it in. Of course, there should be mitigating circumstances that are taken into account too, which Maryland has a list of. The death penalty is a tough subject.