The Ultimate Penalty?

The Boston Marathon Bomber, I don't need to use his name, has entered the punishment phase of his conviction. To kill or not to kill that is the question.

I don't believe in the death penalty. I will pause now to allow conservatives to condemn me and liberals to cheer me or is it that simple? Of course it isn't. My reason for opposition is because I don't consider the death penalty punishment. What? Yes indeed you read right. The Bomber would prefer to die and be immortalized for his cause, whatever the hell that was. It is better that this 21 year old should rot in solitary for the next sixty or more years and be forgotten.

The death penalty is not punishment because it let's the offender off the hook. Consider for a moment the following. The majority of Americans say they believe in God. Under anyone's definition of religion if you sincerely ask for forgiveness you are welcomed into heaven. If you don't believe in the afterlife then the offender gets the great dirt nap. Either way they escape living and reliving everyday the horrific crime that they committed.

I understand the visceral demand of society that in some cases blood quite literally calls out for blood. I will not lose any sleep for that bomber if they decide to fry him nor will I change my mind that it will be an inadequate punishment.