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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
I would not want to see anyone executed no matter what under any circumstances. If someone was being killed supposedly on my behalf, I would be horrified in fact.
You see, I think punishment ends when the person dies, so I'll never be for the death penalty. Kind of as simple as that I guess.
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I agree on both points. I would not want to watch anyone die again. Saw it as a 16 year old and had to give evidence in The Old Bailey. Both things that made an impression on me. Plus had to look at a loved one thinking she would not make it.
Also prisons are not the leisure camps some make out. A real life sentence should mean just that and a lot harder than going to sleep one day. Also if you make a mistake and they have been made you can release a living person, can't do that if he's dead.
Also in the US I read it was more expensive to try a person who is going to be executed than one who is facing a life sentence. It's the appeals that rack up the cost.