I'm sure you've had all the time in the world to judge our philosophy based on all of the conversations you've had with us during the past hour or so since your registration, and came to the conclusion that "us guys" need to reconsider things.
That being said, I have some questions, too:
First of all, where did you read that Jedi believe in justice? The doctrine mentions it once, namely as one of the 21 Maxims. The flavour text to that maxim makes no statement about the death penalty one way or the other. The one line in the entire doctrine that says anything about the death penalty is the second of the "Jedi Believe" section, a section that says nothing about justice.
Secondly, what about the death penalty is so obviously just that anyone who believes in justice must automatically be in favour of it also? Who exactly declared that this punishment was appropriate for killing or rape, what was their reasoning, and how is their opinion obligatory to share in everyone else's conception of justice?
Thirdly, even if one were to grant that there is an inconsistency here - something you have yet to demonstrate - where exactly do you gather that a moral framework must be entirely self-consistent? Most people have a general sense of fairness, and many also generally value life or bodily autonomy (two ideals that are themselves in conflict often enough). Obviously in some cases these two can conflict, like when we consider how to treat those among us who do not respect such things. What is not obvious is that this conflict must be resolved in exactly one way and not the other, even in any one individual case. Why, assuming that killing a murderer is the just thing to do, does that justness matter more in that moment than the murderer's life? For that matter, why would their life be more valuable than justice?
I think it is a bit rash to dismiss an entire discussion and to pretend like the answer is clear and yours is clearly the right answer. People much smarter than either of us have been debating questions like this for millennia by now. To expect a simple answer to such a complicated question I think is at best unwarranted, and at worst - exploitable. Neither the Jedi of this Temple, nor more broadly, are perfect, either individually or collectively, not by any means. If what you seek is the "correct" philosophy, you won't be finding it here. If you are looking for a place that broadly agrees with yours, then, too, this is probably not it. The most I can say to encourage you is that we tend here to not take ourselves so much seriously as to dismiss the other. I find that one should never be quite that sure of oneself, that one wouldn't listen in the hopes of learning more. Nobody will expel you for believing in the death penalty, and maybe through a well-constructed argument some will even come to agree with you, or appreciate your position for the thought that went into forming it, if any did. Likewise, you too may learn why some people think the way you do, or a different way, by making an effort to find out.
Welcome to TOTJO.
