[stirfrykitty]

And has already scheduled 5 executions of convicted child killers. About time.

[happytoexplain]

Nothing stirs the lust for murderous revenge like crimes against the children.

[x86_64Ubuntu]

That's why they've been chosen first. So people won't say "wtf, but instead say 'good riddance'". That gets people over the shock of the state beginning to execute people again, and will make the road to broader applications of the death penalty easier.

[anoncake]

Killing their murderers won't bring those children back. It won't protect anyone either, the death penalty doesn't deter people any more than life sentences do. Nor is someone locked up for life more able to commit crimes than someone dead. Unless of course they do get released because they were wrongfully convicted. Saving money could be a reason for the death penalty but it actually doesn't do that and killing someone because it's cheap is a monstrous idea anyway.

The only reason for the death penalty is to satisfy peoples' primitive bloodlust. Likely by murdering mentally ill people. Sane people rarely murder others or, for that matter, cheer those who do.