Illinois becomes 16th state to ban death penalty

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

Yeah, there is no way of knowing which punishment is worse, I suspect that again it depends on the individual...some folks can probably adapt to being confined to a cell while others will quickly find themselves praying for death. I saw evidence of this in my years working in prisons. I wonder though, what does it say that folks who are against the death penalty feel obligated to argue that they are supporting a worse fate?

Here is a good example of someone who clearly is having the time of his life behind bars. Life w/o parole was a gift for this animal. I'm against the death penalty,(out of distrust of the legal system), but I'd personally pull the lever for a lot of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slm_YDzx4vI