This post is full of win, take caution when reading it, or you might be struck with guilt if you're for the death penalty. The death penalty should NEVER be an issue, I would not have had Hitler, Stalin, or Saddam put to death...EVER! The fact that Saddam's death was publicized made me sick to my stomach... Here's how I think it should be: I believe that in the case of a grand felony or something so horrendous it deserves retribution, the offender should be offered the choice of life in prison or the death penalty. After many years, they should be offered a chance of parole. So you would have let hitler continue to massacre Jews and others he didnt see fit to live, or let stalin continue his purges, or let saddam continue to attack the Us, and oppress the Iraqi civilians? And letting convicted murderers out on parole? That's what we call a can of worms.