Christianity is in some respects incompatible with conservative government. If your religion is sincere, you have to forgive everyone and try to save everyone. No sinner, no matter how bad, can be abandoned.
But that it is not the case with secularized conservative governments. They may feel no qualms about locking people up and throwing away the key, and certainly care nothing for the eternal salvation of convicted criminals.
DO you belong to this far left wing "Church"?
No, false forms of Christianity are incompatible with conservative goverment.
With Real Christianity (Roman Catholic Catechism, I'm Catholic, so sue me.):
1) Life imprisonment is completely okey-dokey.
2) If he's REALLY bad and you know for an absolute fact he's guilty (Osama Bin Ladin, Beltway Snipers, etc.)
a) Pray for him.
b) Tie him into 'Old Sparky'
c) Forgive him.
d) Pull the switch
e) Pray for the dearly departed.
Or you can abandon modern American theology and return to the teachings of earlier theologians.