Also note that most people in jail over here in England are because they aren't paying tax rather than those who murder. Monetary crimes are alot more serious here than anything involving injuring or killing people. I'm not even bloody joking, it's a joke over here.
Life sentences would seem a greater punishment (provided they're not kept in too much class, which seems to be the case. Homeless people deliberately get thrown in jail because it's better than being on the street...wtf) than death penalty, however, after a while a prisoner could easily become used to it and not give a s*it, the places are fairly lax anyway (there was news about prisoners getting hold of drugs in there...yeah...), and the fact that life sentences never are these days. I've heard of people having a life sentence for about 5 years, then getting out. Point being?
I don't think there really is a right solution to this...too many scumbags as it is, jails full, planet overpopulation, life sentences not working, but is death easy way out blah blah blah...
Neither option seems viable these days. We need holy judgment or something, I swear. Hopefully, if our technology gets good enough, we can read peoples minds with them, to prove innocence or guilt. Rather than a freakin' court. Wonder how long it'll take for that though.
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