Dylann Roof sentenced to death for Charleston church massacre

cdogg said

Death is worse than life, even in prison. If it wasn't, why would the death penalty be a question? Prison would be the worst sentence you could give, but it isn't. Death is. If death was better than life in prison, there would be suicides by the hundreds daily.

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Religion sort of muddies the water here, and I don't think it's an even-sum situation. Life in prison is certainly the strongest sentence that can be carrried out in many places. I think the thought or belief in the afterlife stymies quite a few suicides, personally.