[Cold Heat]

Parole issues can be fixed with legal reforms. Prisons can be reformed to better serve the people by utilizing these resources better and getting something back for our troubles.

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

[MEGoody]

"Sure, eliminating the criminal has some advantages, but it also cheapens life"

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.