Here I disagree. I don't think we need to indulge in "revenge" by making the criminal "pay" for their acts, for the suffering they caused, by making them suffer in kind.

Just do away with them so they can't offend again. I favor the death penalty, (with loads of "make sure you have the right person" because we still see science-based exonerations, and even occasional confessions by others, long after incarceration.) I don't need to see them suffer, or tortured for a confession and repentance, ala the inquisition.

We need both, the civil rights act to protect the individual from out-of-control governments, and the death penalty to protect the masses, from out of control individuals.