[Tanser_Man]

Originally posted by Pipergun
Wooah.. I have some pretty strong views on this!

No.. definitely not. I don't believe in an eye for an eye.

Criminals, especially murderers worthy of the death penalty should have to live a life of torment, contemplating what possessed them to do what they did. Living with themselves must be one of the hardest things to do, so make them do it.

Death is too easy for those sort of criminals, it's an easy way out. They deserve a life of suffering for the happy, healthy lives that they've taken away and the families and family legacies that they have forever tainted.

For me, the ends justify the means, at least when it is a guilty party who is punished.

Fundamentally it should be down to the victim/s whether the person lives or dies for there offence. Death should be a plausable option because after all, the offender had the choice in the first place.