In the film Dead Man Walking they describe the death penalty as a normal punishment. The townspeople were so used to having that punishment that when it came to it they would say it would give them happiness, or make them feel better after the criminal was dead. In my opinion, I could see how it would make them feel better, because to be honest if it was my child that man raped and killed I would kill them with my own hands. But what I don't understand is why give them the freedom of being free after they die? I would want him to stay in that prison for life and have him suffer for what he has done. No one should experience someone being murdered or raped to death whether being your only child, someone who you are related to, or maybe even
