Saheli: But for those who kill innocent people who's only mistake was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, these killers are a threat to society as a whole. No one is safe. And no prison is escape proof. While the likelihood of them getting back into the real world may be small, it is too great a risk to take. These kinds of killers deserve a death sentence.
Thorne


I agree but not completely. I agree in the sense I suppose you mean, murders that are done out of malice and hate rather than, say, self-defense or some other, more understandable reason...if murder is ever truly understandable. If someone kills out of hatefulness, that is a HUGE risk to society. But I also agree with MMI when he said, "Saheli, I, for one, am not prepared to say that the cost of keeping a prisoner in jail is greater than the value of his life." Who of us has the right to assign any dollar amount to a life? This debate in my opinion is about the lesser of two evils rather than which is the sensible thing to do. Instead of choosing based on appeal, we much choose based on avoidance: in the end it comes down to which one is a little less terrible.