I agree with him. I'm against the death penalty. I think its unnecessary in modern society and it just further adds to a cool view towards life in general. I'm not going around championing its abolition or anything and I think other issues are much more important, but I would prefer life without parole as the standard.
That's how you get life without parole, hand out the death penalty, then when the scumbag's shyster gets it reduced to life, they stop the appeals process.
Agreed. Goes along with the "Culture of Life."
In most cases, the person may just as well serve life without parole--costs less, and doesn't resort to state-sanctioned killing. Retributive killing is never the answer--if anything, it lets him off easy. He doesn't have to live with the guilt for 40 years.