The execution of Frank Atwood.

[Rev. Rye]

I have some misgivings about he death penalty except in the cases where there is no doubt the person committed the murder(s).

As for if the death penalty will stop others from committing murder...who knows...but it will stop the person executed from murdering anyone else.

People tend not to learn from the behavior of others.  If they did, the prisons wouldn't be full to overflowing.

Of course, if we didn’t lock people up for minor drug offenses, they also wouldn’t be full to overflowing.

[Jehanne]

I have some misgivings about he death penalty except in the cases where there is no doubt the person committed the murder(s).

As for if the death penalty will stop others from committing murder...who knows...but it will stop the person executed from murdering anyone else.

People tend not to learn from the behavior of others. If they did, the prisons wouldn't be full to overflowing.

Punishment is something that one reflects upon, say, being in jail for the rest of one's life. As death is annihilation, there is simply "nothing" for the individual to reflect upon.