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I'm against it. It does nothing to protect people that a life sentence doesn't do. It's permanent, there's no correcting for mistakes. It's about punishment, not deterrent.
Killing even a killer when there's an option to lock them up instead is unnecessary. It smacks of religious/moral judgement that is beyond what a justice system should be focused on. If an afterlife exists and is run by some supernatural deity(ies), they will take care of punishment.
So if keeping them locked up is not an option, say in a emergency situation or a failed state, you'd be okay with it?
That's a reasonable view. I agree with just about everything you've said. I don't see how its a religous judgement necessarily though.