the point of my post is that it is NOT worth innocent lives for a useless system. it may be morally acceptable for murderers to be killed, but is it morally acceptable for innocents to be killed?
what i said about juries was not supposed to be an indication as to my stand on civic responsibility, it was simply saying that 12 unqualified people are fed a bunch of twisted facts by 2 highly trained shysters and told to deliberate a case and come up with a verdict. the system is clearly flawed. now…its true the torah allows for a death penalty, however nowhere does it require one to my knowledge, unless it is in a beis din operating in the times of the Sanhedrin.
your bloodlust and desire for revenge is comletely invalid grounds for the potential of innocent lives to be ended at the hands of an invalid system. all other punishments, if meted out without just cause can be rectified in one way or another. wrongful imprisonment and fines can be repaid monetarily, and while there are definitely things lost that can never be recovered, efforts can be made to rectify the wrongdoing sufficiently. from death however, there is no recovery.
now if we were dealing with a country that had not a single jew in it nor had the possibility of ever having jews in it, i would indeed support the death penalty for that country. let the goyim do what they want to each other. however when it comes to jewish lives i cannot abide by such a “justice” system.