I voted yes merely on the fact that, as said before, they cost a lot of money being kept inside prison.
Maxiart wrote...
The problem with executing a first-time murderer/rapist/whatever is the chance that he might in fact be innocent, at least theoretically . Now, if he does the same thing twice... well, congratulations, we can now get rid of you.
QFT. My regards exactly.
Side-note: Sentences in Sweden are ridiculous. Murder = gets you a couple of years in prison. Rape = around 2 years. Assault = around 1 year depending on how serious of a case it was. But, embezzlement and other economy based crimes are way harder - a serious embezzlement catches you a few years, up to 10, in addition to huge fines. Tch.