Death penalty for rapists?

[CapnAwesome]

Bullshit. By that logic, giving birth (or getting pregnant) is just sentencing the baby to death after a number of years of life. Dying naturally is a "sentence" that we already carry, so it cannot be imposed on us again by some judge or any other person.

There is a difference between sentencing someone to confinement for the rest of their life, and sentencing someone to an unnatural death by means of execution...a massive difference.

You don't think the confinement makes a difference? We don't send a baby to a limited prison, a baby can make whatever choices he likes. A prisoner basically lives out a meaningless torturous existence until his death. What is the possible moral high ground that you see to that, as opposed to the death penalty? Also prisoners have way shorter life expectancies and large numbers die in unnatural causes. A huge number die of AIDS. Is that not a death penalty? Is that a preferable function of the state? If my logic is faulty, your own says that the people worked to death in a concentration camp weren't killed, they were just confined until their death.