HappySqurriel on 16 October 2010
In a perfect world, where you can be 100% certain that an individual has committed a particular crime and you can execute them in a timely, painless and efficient manner I think the death penalty is a great thing ...
Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world and a certain number of individuals who will be innocent of the crime they were convicted of when they're executed; and even if that wasn't the case, with it (often) taking decades to get through all of the appeals the benefits of the death penalty over live in prison are minimal.
