to open up the discussion
from wiki
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse#section_2
" Several sexual abuse scandals have involved*abuse of religious authority *and often cover-up among non-abusers, including cases in the*Southern Baptist religion,[2] Catholic Church ,*Episcopalian...
The reason I wouldn't want the death penalty brought back in this country is quite simple, really, as it's the reason why it was abolished in the first place: too many people got hanged who then turned out to have been innocent.
Unless our legal system somehow becomes foolproof (as if!) then...