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I think any money spent on keeping him locked up is worth it not to have to execute someone. Again it's not a question of danger, if you lock him up for life he won't really have much of a chance of doing something like this again. I think it boils down to what raenna was saying. Either you execute someone as punishment (and maybe to save some money) or you are opposed to such measures and believe someone who committed such a crime should be locked up.
Also I agree with BOR that someone who did such a thing must be insane. But that's not the reason I don't think he should be executed. I am opposed to the death penalty no matter what the crime is. Revenge for society's sake seems rather superfluous to me. I can see why the victim's family would call for the death penalty but I don't think it should be used.
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