What should be eligible for the death penalty?

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So, GOB, murdering a man is fine and good, but once it involves women and children they should get the death sentence? I am willing to bet that you merely overlooked men in that statement.

The death sentence is always a good debate. I am all for it, but I do not know about appying it to cloning or time travel. I don't like cloning, but I also don't think that scientists should be put to death. Hell, if that were the case, every scientist that deals with nuclear power should have been put to death.

As far as cloning goes, what happens if countries start to do it to create an army. Kind of like in Star Wars. Soldiers can be grown in batches and not have to worry about gestation, etc. What if China were to start doing it and send over a billion clone warriors in the future? What then? As always, these big issues aren't always cut and dry.

Personally, I think the death penalty should be reserved for violent crimes such as murder, rape, and molestation, and I also think it should apply to treason. I haven't really thought about applying it to drug dealers, but usually drug dealers commit some type of violent crime anyway or are at least associated with violent crime.

As far as time travel is concerned, I will assume that it is impossible and will be forever.