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That is why I am in favor of the death penalty. Even if you kill someone who turns out not to be the guilty party, all you take from them is their life, whereas the torture and dehumanization of imprisonment can turn a good person into a greater harmful force. It isn't about revenge but protecting the public from harm, and the only guarantee is death.The reason I am against the death penalty is because death is too good for most offenders. What I am against is the notion of "cruel and unusual" punishment being applied to shit like not having TV. I think once you are this fucked up and perverted and cruel you get to live in an oubliette with a bible and a daily visit with a priest with no room to lay down comfortably. The bible only says I am supposed to visit and preach to the imprisoned, not that that they deserve "outside time" and good food.
When I was in college, I had thought of myself as a quasi-leftist, but my love of the death penalty alienated any affiliation until I met a grad student who was a Marxist feminist. She was in favor of the death penalty for rape. That opened things up for me. I'll never fit in with most leftists, but I'll also never care.