I am strongly opposed to the death penalty. What if it is proved that a person did not commit the crime of which they are accused, after they've been killed? You can't bring them back to life - God knows there's been enough wrongful executions already.
Besides, as Rach's characters always used to trumpet, "death is a release" - you kill someone, it means they don't have to do penance for their crimes. Far better for a murderer to be locked away for the rest of his/her life with no hope of ever getting out. The only constraint, I feel, is cost, but then they're meant to be locked up as a punishment, we don't HAVE to give them all the "luxuries" the Govt is accused of giving them...
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