Capital Punishment Ought to be Eliminated

Let us just forget, for the duration of this debate, that I am against CP and let us have a civil debate. My opponent's position as of my understanding is for a complete abolishment of Capital Punishment (CP) from the judicial system. Therefore it is logical that my position should, at first, be "There are situations that CP is needed and justified. " If CP is completely abolished, then what should we do to one perpetrated particular heinous crimes, who showed clear willingness to do the same crimes again if ever released? Such as that of serial killers? Carl Eugene Watts is a prime example. On May 23, 1982, Watts was arrested for breaking into the home of two young women in Houston, and attempting to kill them. [. .. ] authorities suspected him of being responsible for the murders of at least 10 women and girls [. .. ] Prosecutors in Texas did not feel they had enough evidence to convict Watts of murder, so in 1982 they arranged a plea bargain. If Watts gave full details and confessions to his crimes, they would give him immunity from the murder charges and he would, instead, face just a charge of burglary with intent to murder. This charge carried a 60-year sentence. He agreed with the deal and promptly confessed in detail to 12 murders in Texas. [. .. ] Watts was sentenced to the agreed 60 years. However, shortly after he began serving time, the Texas Court of Appeals ruled that he had not been informed that the bathtub and water he attempted to drown Lori Lister in was considered a deadly weapon. The ruling reclassified him as a nonviolent felon, making him eligible for early release. [. .. ] At the time, Texas law allowed nonviolent felons to have three days deducted from their sentences for every one day served as long as they were well behaved. Watts was a model prisoner, and had enough time deducted from his sentence that he could have been released as early as May 9, 2006. Later he was sentenced to life imprisonment - but died later of prostate cancer on September 21, 2007. He served 25 years in prison. Watts personally claimed to have killed 40 women, and implied there were more than 80 victims in total. Police still consider Watts a suspect in 90 unsolved murders. He [Watts] had made it clear he would kill again if he ever got out of prison . http://murderpedia.org... . http://en.wikipedia.org... For such cases, death penalty will: Put an end to the suffering of the victims' friends and families. His existence will no longer plague their memories. Some people are beyond redemption. Watts made it clear he would repeat the crime if he is ever released. If, for example, there is another such serial killer with the same intention without any such indication? Some people enjoy life in prison. In Watts' case, he was a model prisoner. For them, life in prison is not suffering. In such cases, a life sentence served neither as deterrence nor as punishment. That is not to say, that death sentence should be handed out to every such person. But to those who deserve it according to the law, death sentence is certainly justified. If not for the justice, it is for the memory of the victims, and for a society that believes in justice. Prison can be broken. Prisoners can escape. Those with life sentence will have nothing else prohibits their crime. Furthermore, this put the witnesses, jury, judge and prosecutors at unnecessary risk. Prisoners on death row have less time to escape, thus less chance to escape. It send the right message - that justice is blind, swift and just.