Originally Posted by azimuth

this may be a hijack, but i'd be more inclined toward life sentances if they were a difficult lifestyle in prison. I find it unpalatable for a murderous miscreant to be serving a life term with very little discomfort. if the conditions were insufferable, I'd say sentance them all to that. then the worst case being that someone were convicted incorrectly, at least we did'nt kill them. Random thought......