Rape sentence reverberates across India

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Usuallyr, I'd agree, but the case of Ian Brady changed my mind. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were arrested for the murder of three children in 1963, and were sentenced to life in prison just after the abolition of the death penalty. He's been fighting for his right to kill himself since 1999, and yet he's still alive. Is there any good reason that he should stay alive?

I have my own personal idea for an alternative to the death penalty, wherein lifers in prison petition for the right to end their lives. In essence, my plan is to replace the traditional death penalty with a Dignitas-style model. Granted, not many are likely to follow through and apply, but I think it's the best middle ground in the debate on capital punishment.

This leads to ethical quandaries which my poor little dinosaur brain is unable to dredge from memory at the moment. It sounds superficially appealing, but in practice it would lead to ethical issues which are basicallly irresolvaable.

Maybe one of such quandaries has to do with not being able to tell if the person making such request is in control of its senses, or is acting in full conscience.