To me, murder is murder, whether done by the State in the name of the People or by the individual they are killing. That makes it easy for me to say no to the death penalty.

I do understand that some people truly should not be allowed to live. However, if it can be guaranteed they will be given life without any possibility of parole and not be allowed to be with the general prison population (something like Pelican Bay in California comes to mind), then I think they are getting a punishment fitting the crime. I think most would rather be dead than have to live in a cell 23 hours out of every day and know that is their fate for the rest of their lives.