What are your views on the death penalty?

[Disaffected]

26. The death penalty serves no redeeming purpose except perhaps

for giving short-lived satisfaction to the survivors of a murder victim or a few members of the public.

It has been convincingly shown that the death penalty is not a deterrent.

Too many wrongly convicted have been executed (perhaps the strongest reason for abolishment).

It is more costly to keep someone on death row for years than keep him/her in prison for life.

An individual sentenced to life who turns out to be innocent gets another chance for justice that the death penalty would not provide.

Vengeance is not a rational choice (and there is no point in killing someone to "teach them a lesson&quot .