> I personally oppose the death penalty, so the suggestion is only half-serious, but I find the reasoning for reserving executions for egregious political corru

> I personally oppose the death penalty, so the suggestion is only half-serious, but I find the reasoning for reserving executions for egregious political corruption to be more compelling than for more common crimes. I'm with you there. The way I see it, crimes like these threaten the very premise of our justice system. It is hard for me to imagine a worse crime than destroying our ability to handle crime at all. Punishment for all those other horrible crimes relies on the system people like this are threatening.