Reply #12: Good questions

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

I don't believe in the death penalty for a number of reasons, the first being that I feel it is used capriciously, especially against minorities. I would rather that ten murderers who did the deed be allowed to live rather than have one innocent person executed, and there is always a chance that some evidence will come to light to show that a person is, indeed, innocent.

Ok, now to the permanent removal from society--ie, life in prison with no possibility of parole. I prefer this option to the death penalty for the reasons listed above. Prison life is hard, but I don't believe a life sentence without parole automatically means you are in a supermax on 23 hour lockdown, either. A person in prison still has the choice to make something of their lives--what of Robert Stroud, for example? http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/stroud/5.html