By treating criminals in this manner, we are encouraging behavior that will result in a prison sentence. If there is no threat of death to one who commits a murder, than that person is guaranteed to be provided with a decent living environment until their next parole hearing. They are definitely not getting the punishment they deserve. It is this kind of attitude that I feel is letting criminals get away with murder. What the victim's family is justice to be served, for the offender to be put to death, not any sort of financial retribution.
Justice is all anyone wants and deserves.
This is a good point that has a lot of impact on a lot of people's views regarding capital punishment since they are the ones footing the bill through taxes. I personally would not mind paying the little bit extra just so I know for sure that there's one less murderer on our planet. If the death penalty was done away with, prisoners who should have been executed will be mixed in with other inmates. It would be possible and not too unlikely for them to kill another inmate or possibly a prison guard. First of all, the American economy has enough problems as it is.