Originally Posted by jibber

yes, a person who killed one person should be punished in the exact same way as someone who killed many. There should be no distinction when it comes to taking the life of another human being. Are you saying that by killing "only one man", that person maybe just made a mistake, and we should just tell ourselves, well he only killed one person, everyone slips up. f*ck n., we don't need the death penatly to perpetrate murderers more effectively, what we need is a legal system that doesnt have the option fo parole for some crimes, such as murder or rape. I don't care if that person's "learned the error of his ways" and wants to be integrated back into the world to become a productive member of society. You commit a crime of that magnitude, the automatic sentence should be life in prison, no ifs ands or buts.