There are crimes deserving of death. What purpose is served by jailing them forever?
El Salvador has a bad past ... I think they have developed a sort of allergy to the Death Penalty because of that past. They’d do well to get over that allergy ... IMO.
Maybe Bukele should offer them the Canadian solution, MAID.
To maximize their despair while on earth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Instead, we now have free room and board at the expense of innocent souls forced to support evil incarnate. How is this just?
It is terrifying to have this army not that far away.
El Salvador has no death penalty is why
Not everyone rounded up is a murderer or similar. Some were impressed into the gangs under threat of death (or death to family members), and may not have participated in severe crimes. So it is taking a good while to sort it all out, as some will eventually be released. But due process to avoid errors either way is important, and takes time.
As an example, a few months ago I was at a home for teen mothers in San Salvador. One 14 year old mother had grown up in a gang. Her mother had been seized from her family when she was ten years old. The gangsters made it clear they would kill her parents if she wasn't given to them. A few years later she gave birth to the girl I met. When the big roundup happened, all the adult gangsters were seized. Someone offered to take in the girl, but instead they made her a sex slave and trafficked her, then dumped her on the streets when she became pregnant. Sorting out her mother's culpability or lack thereof needs to be done with care and consideration.
To protect society
Death penalty is cheaper. Use it