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Punishment is a reasonable penalty imposed for wrongdoing. Revenge is an act driven by emotions and irrationality. Aside for that, I think I can state what I mean a bit better: the primary duty of prisons is to PROTECT society by removing the criminal, then to work to rehabilitate the criminal, and it's final, and least important duty, is to "punish" the criminal.
And, yes, the death penalty DOES remove the person from society for their life. But life imprisonment does so just as well now. Prison escapes are rediculously rare enough, let alone escapes by people who are spending their life in prison or are on death row.
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