Prison guards saying things like, he is a different man now. He is gentle, kind and remorseful. Quite a few evil men lose their persona while in Prison. But FAFO, dude should have been put down within 2 weeks. The punishment should have been frightening, not using Hospice drugs. The point is to make it horrendous. If it stops just one murderer, his life had at least one good thing come of it, his kicking, dangling, gasping for breath and crying last minute.
It is also good that punishment should be swift and horrible lest some would be tempted to do evil.
We live in a failed society and nation.
“If it stops just one murderer,”
the death penalty is not a preventive measure nor should it be treated as such.
no person is going to say “hmmmm i better not plan this murder or i might get put to death”
the point of the death penalty is that there are simply some crimes that are so wrong that the only way to right it is to simply remove the killer from this world.
end of story.