[fwdude]

IMHO, the death penalty should be on the table for any crime in which the victim would have been justified in resisting with deadly force.

In Texas, that applies to commission of criminal mischief at night. A little extreme for toilet papering a house, wouldn't you say?

[Joe 6-pack]

"In Texas, that applies to commission of criminal mischief at night. A little extreme for toilet papering a house, wouldn't you say?"

Do you think it's a little extreme for the property owner to shoot somebody toilet-papering their house?

If a criminal is going to commit an act in which the victim is fully empowered to kill them, then it's the criminal who has placed the value of his/her life below that of the fruits of their crime.