Is it time to rethink the death penalty?

Death penalty is a minefield. What if the wrong person is executed? The other issue is a humane justice system which seeks not to advocate an eye for an eye. Even in the eye for an eye argument it's not going to bring back the person murdered by killing the convicted.

In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the Seven Commandments of Animalism are progressively altered by the pigs to justify their increasing power and privilege. Initially, the commandments are intended to ensure equality and prevent the return of human-like oppression. However, they are rewritten to accommodate the pigs' desire for comfort and control, eventually culminating in a single commandment: "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". Here's a breakdown of the changes:

1. 1. "No animal shall imitate a human."This was modified to "No animal shall imitate a human without necessity". This allowed the pigs to walk on two legs and even wear clothes, while still appearing to uphold the rule. 
2. 2. "Four legs good, two legs bad."This commandment was reversed to "Four legs good, two legs better", further solidifying the pigs' dominance and emphasizing their superiority over the other animals. 
3. 3. "No animal shall kill any other animal."This was altered to "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause", allowing the pigs to justify the killing of other animals for their own benefit. 
4. 4. "No animal shall drink alcohol."This was changed to "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess", allowing the pigs to indulge in alcohol while maintaining a facade of following the rules. 
5. 5. "No animal shall sleep in a bed."This was modified to "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets", enabling the pigs to sleep in the farmhouse bed with blankets, while seemingly adhering to the commandment. 
6. 6. "No animal shall wear clothes."This was changed to "No animal shall wear clothes without a good reason", allowing the pigs to wear clothes without being seen as breaking the rule. 
7. 7. "All animals are equal."This was ultimately simplified to "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others", highlighting the pigs' unchecked power and manipulation of the other animals. 

These changes demonstrate how power can corrupt, even in the face of seemingly idealistic principles. The pigs systematically manipulate the commandments to serve their own interests, highlighting the dangers of unchecked authority and the importance of vigilance in protecting equality and justice. 

The death penalty cannot reduce the chance of re-offending versus life in prison. They are both zero. One has the risk of murdering innocent people, the other does not.

The death penalty exists only for weak, pathetic men to enact their fantasies at this stage. Pathetic men love the idea of it.

I honestly believe there would be fewer murder convictions if the death penalty were to be reinstated. Every jury would include at least one person afraid of sending a potentially innocent person to the gallows.

Further, where would you find someone willing to carry out the sentence? Literally looks someone in the eye before killing them.

What if the wrong person is imprisoned?

I agree. Most states in the US that don't have the death penalty have lower murder rates than the ones that do have it. So the idea it's serves as a deterrent doesn't seem to be necessarily true also.

Rethink all you want - it's never going to happen.

It's one thing to have the death penalty and then look to abolish it, but quite another to not have it and then seek to introduce it. The Death Penalty as a concept is cruel, barbaric, old-fashioned, has been widely misused and is a feature of despotic and authoritarian regimes. It's a bad look for a nation, and as you say, who in their right mind would sign up to actually administer the actual lethal shot?

In principle it is right, at least in my opinion anyway. However unless we can be sure 100% of their guilt, then we cannot use it. Even a .0000001% chance of executing an innocent is too much. We cannot ever gurantee this hence we should not use it.