Death penalty for murder

We have rather a lot of prisons in Durham and we have had some nasty pieces of work incarcerated here . Sadly it costs to keep people and they are very aware of what they are entitled to. There was a jokey comparison of life in prison as against the hell holes that some senior citizens are obliged to live in (care homes) but it wasn't very funny. I do think life should be life and however well behaved prisoners are they should serve their sentence. I hate reading about criminal acts which would not have happened if X had not been let out five years early for " good behaviour"

There seems to be no way of dealing with these low lifes without lowering ourselves to their level. I do think though, that our society has bent too far backwards to make allowances, give them the benefit of the doubt, feel sorry for them rather than seeing these people for what they now and the damage they inflict on their hapless victims. They have too many rights.