This is the season of giving...giving out death penalties that is. Yes, heinous crimes have been committed however unless one believes in the "Old Law" of a eye for an eye, how do you justify executing a person? That is really the quick way out. The executed then has no more to think about, no more to worry about, it is finished. Given a life sentence in prison, however, will provide plenty of opportunity to think about what has been done. Life in prison is far worse than laying down on a table, having someone stick a needle into your arm and then going to sleep forever. If these believers in the death penalty really want to punish the offenders, why don't they promote Life Without Possibility of Parole". Instead, they are simply putting the poor bastards out of their misery.