I am coming in the middle of a thread here but would just like to say my piece:
Here in England there is a real shortage of prison space. Criminals such as serial murderers and rapists and paedophiles are therefore often let out of prison early with ‘time off’ their sentences for good behaviour whilst in prison. These people then go on to re-offend. This is a regular occurrence, but England do not have the death penalty. I feel that for deliberate, pre-meditated murder and similar crimes we should have capital punishment since this would prevent such individuals from being released back into civilian communities.