[Wonder Warthog]

"I’m always amazed at the number of conservative who entrust the government with the power to kill."

They don't. They entrust THEMSELVES with the "power to kill". You obviously don't understand the concept of "trial by jury". No entity of American government, in and of itself, has EVER been entrusted with said power.

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

But the jury doesn’t determine the sentence - only the verdict. So, government is still being given the power to kill.