The probem we have in the United States is that our prison system is weak. The system is suppose to be a form of punishment (not to exceed the 8th amendment of course). Prisions get cable TV and some even get conjugal visits. What ever happened to hard labor and chain gangs? They are in prision to punished for their crimes. Prision should be a punishment that will make people wish that they were dead instead.
Until we revamp the prison system and make it harsh for murders and rapists, the death penalty needs to stay in tact.
Personally, I would actually favor the death penalty for child rapists and hard labor for murders.
For child rapists placed in the general population (as usually happens) life imprisonment is a far worse punishment than those you list.
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