[Truth]

The better question concerns how anyone can support abortion but oppose the death penalty. In an abortion, an innocent baby is murdered with malice aforethought. On the other hand, in regard to the death penalty, the perpetrator has committed a heinous crime,
has been convicted by a jury of his/her peers, and has had the benefit of years and years of appeals and legal delays.

It is not unusual for one who is sentenced to death to die of natural causes in prison or to have the execution delayed for a quarter of a century or more. That certainly provides no peace for the family of the victim(s) as they continue to suffer year after year.

I have lectured on this topic in college law classes many times. My conclusion is that consistence requires that one either oppose both practices or support both practices. However, it is morally consistent for one to oppose abortion but support capital punishment. To use the liberal mantra of supporting abortion but opposing capital punishment is intellectually fraudulent.