What are your views on the death penalty?

[Xolodno]

16. The fact that Russia is in the "Abolished in practice" category and..

...we are in the "Maintain" is mind baffling.

I'm against the death penalty in every circumstance. Economic wise, it costs more to put someone to death than just incarcerate them for life. And the idea of the state executing in the name of its citizens is horrible. Worse, innocent people have been executed and some who were guilty changed their lives and from their prison cell, enacted change so others would not follow the same path.

Sure some are irredeemable, but we should probably study them and their brains. Can't do that if they are six feet under.