I support use of the death penalty only in a very limited number of particularly egregious cases where guilt is beyond doubt. (I also support a national moratorium on executions because the death penalty is so often used as a racial weapon, but that's a separate issue.)
This is one of the rare cases where I do believe the death penalty is appropriate.
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@RationalLeft If you don't believe in heaven/hell/life after death, life imprisonment in solitary confinement is a much greater punishment than the death penalty.
@NorthernInvader A point I have pondered.
But on balance, I think even the small pleasures of simply being alive should be denied to particularly heinous criminals.
But I don't dismiss your argument.