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Re:Sam Little, America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer, Dies a... by Bostonian on Thursday December 31, 2020 @09:29AM (#25592938)
It's not fair that he lived to age 80 and died of natural causes. For a small fraction of criminals, life in prison is not a sufficient punishment, and the death penalty is warranted.
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Re:Sam Little, America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer, Dies a... by sgmoore on Thursday December 31, 2020 @09:57AM (#25593209)
He was in jail for three murders when just two years ago he confessed to ninety more. Do you think he would have confessed if he knew he would face the death penalty?
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Re:Sam Little, America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer, Dies a... by rubycon22 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @09:46AM (#25593078)
The death penalty would've spared him of so many years of suffering in a prison cell. I don't think you want that, do you?

To play devil's advocate, there are two real good reasons for the death penalty:

1. It's the humane thing to do, if we have no choice but to jail someone indefinitely with no hope for redemption.

2. Tax money could be used somewhere else, like improving the lives of the poor and providing mental care services to help people before they get into trouble

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