Dylann Roof sentenced to death for Charleston church massacre

tenordas said
I don't believe anyone can go in to a place and kill a lot of people without having psychological problems, whether they are cognizant of it or not. For that matter, I don't think a person can kill another single human (except in self-defense) without having severe psychological problems. Are those problems curable? that's a case by case question.

Just to play devil's advocate, though..Hypothetically: What about people of remote tribes, or something of the sort? They may have killed someone who looked different (yet presented no threat) at the drop of a hat because doing so was assumed to be protecting your own and was just "what you did". There wasn't as great a conviction for doing something like this because culturally it was just something that happened. Maybe the outcome would vary based on context, but I have no doubt that humans naturally do not want to hurt or have the urge to kill one or many of their own kind until some sort of outside force instills that instinct upon them.

I suppose I'm kind of arguing against myself and my preceding opinion here, but doing it out loud, so forgive the sloppiness. Just find the topic really interesting.

However, I am against the death penalty.
First, I really don't believe any person or group of people should have the authority to decide that someone is too far gone to redeem. To me, all life is sacred, no matter how messed up it may be.
Second, if we're looking to severe punishment, I believe a lifetime behind bars is actually a far more severe penalty than the death penalty.
Third, what about the wrongly convicted? There have been many cases where recent advances in DNA evidence have reversed sentences of those wrongly convicted. If they had been put to death, what then?

I agree and couldn't have said it better.