[Joe 6-pack]

“Hey, your son/daughter was only worth 99 days of jailtime! I did the math!”

This is why it's my contention that capital punishment is in fact, life affirming. It demonstrates that as a society, we will exact the ultimate penalty for the wanton taking of another life. Anything less than that diminishes the value we place upon the victim.

[Moltke]

This is why it's my contention that capital punishment is in fact, life affirming. It demonstrates that as a society, we will exact the ultimate penalty for the wanton taking of another life. Anything less than that diminishes the value we place upon the victim.

I agree.

I'd guess that few would complain that "he only had to give 1/77th of his life per victim." This is what makes doing that "99 days per victim" math look so foolish.