This is what sets me apart from most liberals, I support the death penalty. Not in every single case, no, but when it's necessary. The punishment must match the criminal, however. If a murderer is a remorseless, sick monster that enjoyed their crime & won't learn anything from prison, then yes, the should be executed. How can that person be reformed? How can life in prison teach them anything or punish them?
But if the murderer feels remorse and guilt, then they derserve prison. And depending on the person, crime, etc., they should be allowed to seek parole. With these inmates, they can be reformed, they can change. And if their actions are too gruesome, then this is the best way to punish them. Let them live with what they did.
I also believe that they could give a remorseful person the death penalty as mercy. If the person's act was too gruesome to get out, but they're truly and deeply remorseful, then they should execute them.
And as was stated before, keeping people in prison put a financial strain on the states. Prisons are overfilling, with prisoners living in gymnasiums equipped with beds. Some of them are spending the rest of their lives in prison when they may have done enough to deserve execution.
Some people simply deserve to die for the things they do, no ifs, ands, or buts. People so monstrous & sick deserve no less than to die. If they would execute more prisoners rather than letting them rot in prison when they don't deserve to live at all. I know that life without parole is one of the worst fates in life, imo at least, but death can also be considered equally terrible. Punish those who deserve it with the harshest legal punishment possible. They've done their deeds, they're detrimental to society now, so punish them. And I also believe they should execute more often for things other than the obvious.
Another thing I think they should do is utilize other forms of execution. Electric chair, hanging, firing squad, etc. to go along with the lethal injection. Let the condemned person choose their method of death. It isn't inhumane if they want it that way. Plus, some people would obviously prefer other methods. I'd rather have the firing squad, for example; it's quick and simple.
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