"EVEN THE DEATH PENALTY IS A VERDICT FOR MURDER"
Wow...@keibah, I like the sound of that. You could use it as a quote, but unfortunately I have to disagree with everyone who thinks death penalty shouldn't be in place, at least to a certain degree.
Luis Garavito is on the list of the world's most gruesome serial killers. For those who are unfamiliar with the name, Luis also known as La Bestia (the beast), was most active between the years of 1992 - 1996 in Columbia, Equador and Venezuela. He is suspected to have raped, tortured and murdered at least 300 people which were mostly street kids. After being arrested and charged to court, he confessed to killing 140 boys between the ages of 8 and 16 over a seven year period. He doesn't even rank no 1 on the list.
Do you honestly believe that a wild psycho with such a bitter and twisted mind like Luis Garavito and his likes with so much blood on their hands do not deserve a death penalty? No amount of prison time can atone for such crimes. There shouldn't even be a debate on crimes like this, it is way beyond our moral conscience. The society will be a better place without their likes, even the prison environment should be free of such people as they are prone to killing.
Asides twisted psychos, serial killers and other heartless minded criminals who cause pain and suffering to the society on a large scale, death penalty shouldn't be a verdict for petty crimes or a one time killing which was without intent. I guess am trying point out that there should be a certain degree to a crime which the death penalty can be an option in the verdict but definitely not all crimes.