Sure, eliminating the criminal has some advantages, but it also cheapens life, which not so obviously seen, is the problem underlying the issue.IMO.
This is the answer that I came up with after much wrestling with the subject.
To some, it may seem too simple.
But answers to complex social problems, usually are, as I have discovered
I disagree. I believe the death penalty shows the graveness of taking the life of another. It is so serious that you pay for doing it with your own life.