[DarkHoodness]

Locking someone up for the rest of thier lives is hardly soft.

And this is what they ought to be doing. A "Life" sentance ought to mean life. They ought to re-search how to lock people up in the most cost-effective way, then re-vamp the prison system. Prisons shouldn't be very comfy, either (and apparrantly they are - In the UK, people are trying to break IN to prison. :S And some criminals don't want to leave because some prisons are comfy - How is that a deterrant??).

But yeah, as a side note, maybe people are asking the wrong questions. Maybe instead of asking "Is Capital Punishment justifyable?", maybe they should be asking "Why are people murdering others in the first place?" I'm not going to delve far into this, though and it's probably a completely different kettle of fish, and I think Wings of Fire mentioned the prevention thing a few times.


EDIT: Although you do have a point too - Human error can go the other way. People have also been released when they shouldn't have been.