For those against the Death Penalty

[Benton]

(07-03-2018, 10:37 AM)michaelsean Wrote:   I get that.  But I see (and we are assuming guilt here) locking someone up for the rest of their lives as an awesome use of the state's power as well.  

Life in prison (or prison in general) goes waaay back to the days of banishment. Someone did something wrong, you banished them.

Not that some cultures didn't have a death penalty for crimes. They did. But the punishment for a lot of crimes in a lot of cultures was getting kicked out.