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The main force for the prospect behind the reintroduction of the death penalty should be the idea of prevention, one of which I do not believe in, but can see how it would be justifiable. A law based upon the principle of Revenge is a dire message in consideration of our supposed 'civility'.
My counter argument for revenge will always be the same; if it's an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth then we torture torturers and rape rapists.
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I think death is enough of a punishment ,to be honest, but some may disagree. The death penalty would indeed be a deterrent, but there is another reason I support it:
Suppose a multiple murderer, who's killed a relative of yours, amongst many other people, is sent to jail. Who pays to keep him alive in jail? You, the relative of the victim, by paynig taxes to fund the prison upkeep. Or, even if you're totally unconnected to the crime, you're still paying taxes to keep a bottom of the gutter criminal alive, who will never amount to anything in society and has already committed one of the most horrific crimes imaginable. And he may even get out of jail eventually, certainly in the UK he might. How is that justice? 25-30 years in prison for killing someone, or several people? Death is hypocritical, yes, but what alternative is there for such a scumbag? A 25 year 'life' sentence in this day and age is nothing.
Only the other day there was a news story about 3 16, 17 and 19 year olds getting barely 20 years in jail each for murdering somebody. How is that justice? If you can murder for no reason at that age, you'll never reform, you were an asshole from the start. Those pieces of crap will get out of jail before they're 40, and will be able to live a life again and possibly commit further crimes. Their victim desn't start living again when they get out.