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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/25/hang_em_high/  Hanging's
too good for 'em - so what do you suggest?  Reader alternatives
to capital punishment invited  By Lester Haines  Posted in Law,
25th April 2012 14:39 GMT  Our report last week that there's no
evidence capital punishment has an effect on the murder rate in
the US of A prompted a lively reader debate on the subject of
execution.  Just about the only clear conclusion that came from
the tussle is that once you've been strapped to a gurney and
administered a fatal chemical cocktail, you're very unlikely to
reoffend.  That's assuming you broke the law in the first place,
of course. The execution of innocent people is death penalty
opponents' strongest argument against nooses, electric chairs
and gas chambers. It's fair to say that life imprisonment
without parole is a pretty stiff punishment for murder, while
allowing the chance for those unjustly incarcerated to be
exonerated while still alive.  However, banging murderers up
indefinitel