I agree and it's also cheaper to house them in prison for life without parole than to do a murder trial, get them convicted and executed.
So the system might be wrong about the conviction which is just an absolutely terrible thought and it's cheaper to skip the death penalty.
So the only real possible benefit is that it could be 1) a deterrent and 2) closure for the family.
But it seems life without parole is a pretty strong deterrent in itself. And part of the closure that the family perceives in an execution is, just a guess on my part, the fact that it takes so long and is emotionally draining that the family is also going through the long laborious process of a capital punishment conviction and execution.
If you don't have a death penalty, what's the sense of closure a family gets knowing they got life without parole?
I don't like death penalty because humans err and innocent people get killed, but I'm curious if the closure aspect of the death penalty is actually related to that process and not the closure they might get if they know they got the best possible conviction in a life without parole situation.
In other words - if the death penalty is removed, it seems plausible that a family could get the same or more closure with a life without parole sentencing as they avoid the emotional and mentally draining death penalty case and process.
I have to imagine that any closure from the execution is theoretical at best. To sit and watch the life drain from someone, at your behast, with your input, and for your benefit?
Well I'm trying to think about it like this - hypothetically... if there were NO innocent people convicted, the process itself of the death penalty may not even provide more closure than just life without parole.
So the system might be wrong about the conviction which is just an absolutely terrible thought and it's cheaper to skip the death penalty.
So the only real possible benefit is that it could be 1) a deterrent and 2) closure for the family.
But it seems life without parole is a pretty strong deterrent in itself. And part of the closure that the family perceives in an execution is, just a guess on my part, the fact that it takes so long and is emotionally draining that the family is also going through the long laborious process of a capital punishment conviction and execution.
If you don't have a death penalty, what's the sense of closure a family gets knowing they got life without parole?
I don't like death penalty because humans err and innocent people get killed, but I'm curious if the closure aspect of the death penalty is actually related to that process and not the closure they might get if they know they got the best possible conviction in a life without parole situation.
In other words - if the death penalty is removed, it seems plausible that a family could get the same or more closure with a life without parole sentencing as they avoid the emotional and mentally draining death penalty case and process.