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acyclicks  ·  3589 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There Is No Humane Way to Execute Criminals

A third answer might be Quarantine, and certainly death is the ultimate quarantine. I could see it giving a victim some peace of mind to know for sure that an assailant isn't coming back.

Death might also be more acutely threatening than captivity as a consequence of a crime. I'm not even sure which I would pick to suffer if given the choice.