Death penalty has its pro and con but I think it has little effect on reducing crimes. Though it does help reducing cost spent on prison. What do you guys think? Is there alternatives to punishing crimes?
Personally I would say that death penalty is a very easy and lenient punishment , especially for hardcore criminals such as serial killers and child rapists. Lethal injection or electric chair makes sure that these people doesn't suffer for more than 60 seconds. I would prefer these people to suffer for the rest of their lives, by doing hard labor in some remote penal colony.
for countries in which death penalty is not practiced, there are alternative punishments for heinous crimes such as rape,murder, graft and corruption. These are punishable by death but they have down sized it to reclusion perpetua or lifetime inprisonment. But i think doing hard labor for life in remote island will be great. I also think that adding some practices for spiritual rehabilitation should also be included.