[ladyjane]

What if he killed a guard?

His life expectancy would be dramatically shortened.

[MEG33]

Not in Massachusetts.No death penalty.The murderer already has a life sentence.They can put him in solitary and take away TV and phone calls..little else.I don't want a murderer deciding who lives and who dies.While the man killed was a vile,despicable monster,who knows who the next one killed may be?