[Munch's Master]

Executing someone is far more costly than keeping them alive for the rest of their days. The red tape of legally ending someone's life could circle the Earth twice, reach the moon and back, and still have the length spare to strangle Martin Johnson. It goes on and on. The penal system is better off investing in a prison than a graveyard for financial reasons alone.

Taxes to keep such criminals alive are thousands per person. A bullet costs less than a quid. Please explain, as I don't see what you're getting at.

And Wings, it is true that many criminals don't think about being caught, but some do, or at least consider the repercussions. If it stopped 1 innocent person from being murdered/raped/whatever, it'd be worth it IMO.

Cold blooded criminals aren't that rare. What can start as a crime of passion can metamorphosize into something else. And crimes of passion are a bit iffy to define- is it impulsive or planned out? To me, planned murder or whatever isn't a crime of passion, it's in the middle, leaning towards cold-blooded. Yes, it has motives and reasons, which pure cold-blooded killings may not have (although they could be construed as having the motive that they give the criminal satisfaction, pelasure or whatever)), but it is still a considered and intended crime, so has forethought, implications and considerations for events after the crime, and is not a spur of the moment thing. Passion is defined as strong emotions, true, but emotions are spontaneous and typically uncontrollable. Hence why IMO, a motivated yet planned murder is closer to being a cold-blooded killing than a crime of passion.


.....Man, we've really deviated off-topic. Maybe a "Capital Punishment" topic is in order?