] There are powerful people for whom the spectacle of an
] unrepentant murderer for the unborn, a clean-cut movie
] star handsome Christian terrorist, posed political
] problems. Better to defend life in the abstract, keep the
] focus on the enemy at the gates and keep skeletons like
] Eric Rudolph locked up in the closet.

I'm opposed to the death penalty. I'm also opposed to hypocryticial government. I think it is abundantly obvious that if Eric Rudolph was an Islamic terrorist they would be seeking the death penatly in his case.

Eric Rudolph - 'An American terrorist' | csmonitor.com