If anyone is interested, there are countless people who have lost loved ones in horrific circumstances and they still oppose the death penalty.
These a real people, real stories, absolutely heartbreaking. Some of them have witnessed the death penalty being carried out and they say that it gives them absolutely no peace at all, in fact it just creates more victims.
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To answer your question Navy, the life of the person that killed someone I love is not considered an equal trade for my loved one, nor will it ever be. Some total stranger may assume that by sentencing the offender to death, things will automatically be squared up but it's not and it never will be. It won't bring closure, that has to come from within.