[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Your second sentence seems a bit extreme (opinion--obviously). The death sentence should only be used if the criminal is a murderer, or had attempted (not only plotted) to kill more than one person. If the guy planned for the deaths of many (as in hundreds) and if the plan was relatively advanced, then that felon could (iffy) be sentenced to death, too.

[festus]

It wasn't extreme until very recently.

Used to be you'd hang horse thieves and robbers etc. and unsurprisingly we didn't have nearly as many of them.

Heck we should be hanging folks for the following at a minimum :

Child molestation
Burglars
Rapists
Murderers
Seditionists
Identity theft
Fleeing police in comission of any crime

Hang em and do it within the week.

You seem very worried about being fair to criminals whereas I am of the opinion if we just killed them we'd be a lot better off.