TERRIFYNG, BUT NOT FOR LONG.

I don't see how the death penalty is a suitable punishment for crime. Once you're dead, you feel nothing, suffer nothing, regret nothing. You're dead. All right, so you suffer the fear and anxiety of being put to death. But that's the only punishment. The second you're gone all punishment ends. Whereas in prison you suffer every day. Confinement. Regret. Fear of other prisoners. Having no control of your life. Not having ice cream when you want it. Sleeping in a lousy bed. The deprivations are endless. But the dying is fast. In an hour or less it's over. You're out of it. Your punishment is complete, There's no more retribution. If you want to punish someone, don't kill them. Take away almost everything they loved about being alive.