The death penalty.

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lestatdark said:

This is an issue in which I can't have a definite stance, it's not a black or white thing as there are many shades of grey relating the justice or the applications of the death penalty.

In one hand, it's my personal conviction that people who murder, rape or abuse a person, be it either an adult or a child (but in the cases of a child I'm more strongly in favour of the death sentence), deserve this kind of punishment, as these are acts that destroy not only the victim's life, but also everyone around him/her as well, family, friends, coworkers, etc.

But on the other hand, any system that deals this kind of justice (or any other for that matter), is prone to various mistakes and judgment errors, and not even with the use of modern scientific methods such as DNA comparison can these mistakes be completely abolished. 

So to me, the best solution would be life imprisonment, which is something i'm ashamed of my country for not having (maximum penalty here is 25 years, which is rarely used, even on the only case of serial killing we've had since be became a democracy in 1974).

Oh my. So did the serial killer get off?