Some of you people sound like you're saying they should both be punished equally. And when you lock em up they don't get treated like shit by the other prisioners they are put in separate cells in a separate part of the prision away from everyone else. A lot of guys get life in prision then get out because of good behavior. You have to be kidding me. The death penalty is quick.
Capitol punishment is used a lot.
Hanging is used very little but is still quick if the guy doesn't try to cheat it. The firing squad is also quick and there's no guilt because noone knows who has the bullets and who has the blanks. So you can't be telling me that life in prision which is very expensive is appropriate for a murderur. You would see things entirely differently if you were in the family of a murder victim. Lying to someone and killing someone is equal in value when you speak of sin.