re: #699 ShanghaiEd

I would argue that prison is a statement by the rest of society than your actions are so heinous that you don’t deserve to remain a part of that society.

The death penalty is playing God. And if society happens to have decided it wrongly, there’s not the option of letting you out and apologizing.

People try to equate this with abortion because most people I know who are anti-abortion use the argument “life is sacred.” And that’s hypocrisy.

If the murderer kills a prison guard or fellow inmate while incarcerated, there is also no do-over. In the case of the McVeighs, Bin Ladens, Zawahiris, Bundys, Dahmers, Gacys and Chikatilos of the world, there is no credible rational doubt that they are indeed homicidal monsters.