the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment. life is the most precious thing we have, and to take it away from someone is extreme. we are one of the few countries left in the world that still use it, let alone the increasing number of US states that are writing it off of their law books. the death penalty is so ancient and barbaric - can't a nation like ours find a better way to punish and even further -- remediate our criminals? i think so. it's really small minded.
now i know what many will say - yes life is precious and it is a cruel and unusual punishment but isnt that exactly what this man took away from those he killed?! along with ruining the lives of their surviving family members?! YES. i agree with this 100%. but i still believe in my core upbringing that two wrongs do not make a right. i would much rather see this man rot in jail for the rest of his life and have to contemplate every single day why he was locked in that cell, and what he did wrong. death would be just a sweet release from a life of nothingness. plus, if you think that this man deserves exactly the punsihment he gave to them, then youll have to recreate the exact time and place, and have some other drunk driver smash into him etc. etc.
Sentencing people to give their lives because they took someone else’s does not bring the other person back and does not take away from the pain the victims loved ones are feeling, it just creates more pain for the criminal and his loved ones.
....need i continue?
since this happened in CA, this discussion is pretty much written off because CA doesnt allow for the death penalty anyways! so maximum sentence is the most extreme punsihment legally recognized in CA anyways.