Abolitionist's statement : All killing is wrong.
What they mean : Its wrong for the state to execute a guilty murderer. Killing the innocent unborn with abortion is OK.
Abolitionist's statement : Every human life is precious.
What they mean : All murderers are precious. All others are secondary in value and expendable.
Abolitionist's statement : Murder is a terrible crime.
What they mean : The execution of a murderer is infinitely worse than genocide and slavery combined.
Abolitionist's statement : Adolf Hitler also favored the death penalty.
What they mean : Jews and vicious murderers are morally identical.
Abolitionist's statement : The European countries have abolished the death penalty.
What they mean : America should also disregard the views of the majority.
Abolitionist's statement : The death penalty doesn't stop murders from happening.
What they mean : Life imprisonment will stop murders from happening.
Abolitionist's statement : Putting a murderer to death will not bring his victim back from the dead.
What they mean : Putting the murderer in prison will bring his victim back from the dead.
Abolitionist's statement :The murderer wasn't at fault, he had a bad childhood etc.
What they mean : The victim asked for it, for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Abolitionist's statement : We must give a murderer a chance to repent.
What they mean : We must accept the risk of a murderer killing again.
Abolitionist's statement : Inmate "X" who is due to be executed tonight is innocent.
What they mean : Inmate "X" SAID he is innocent.
Abolitionist's statement : Inmate "X" is well spoken and can draw pretty pictures.
What they mean : Two good reasons for a reprieve.
Abolitionist's statement : Inmate "X", who was executed last night, was tortured to death.
What they mean : After he was given the lethal dose, he coughed a couple of times.
Abolitionist's statement : Life imprisonment prevents a murderer from killing again.
What they mean : Murder by escapees, parolees and prison murders don't count.
Abolitionist's statement : What if an innocent person is executed?
What they mean : Innocents are only sacred when they manipulate people into preserving murderers. Anyone who values innocents beyond that is pure scum.