Lieblin' --
I read your post and the link you provided. That's IN Germany, not IN America. Germany and America are different.
The reason I support the death penalty is because, it is NOT fair for the families, friends, relatives and neighbors to lose someone that they will never be able to see again.
It's not fair for the criminals to spend their life in prison, because they can EAT, SLEEP, CHAT, READ THE BOOKS, PLAYIN', and all that WHILE the other families, friends, relatives and neighbors will not be able to enjoy their loves ones to chat, to watch love ones to sleep, enjoy readin' with their love ones, playin' with them in any games/sports/hobbies, eatin' with them on the table and chat and all that, just because of their loves ones dies. That's not fair, Lieblin'. It don't help the families, relatives, friends, and neighbors to feel any better.
Once the criminals took someone's life, then the criminals' lives should be takin' away, too. No picnic for them.