How is life imprisonment less inhumane than the death penalty?

The thing about life imprisonment vs. the death penalty isn't about the humane/inhumane aspects of one or the other. I mean, let's not exaggerate -- both forms of punishment are not exactly great (either for the criminal or for us in society). read more

Nebraska’s legislation is typical in this regard: All death sentences become sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP). The de facto alternative for states that abolish the death penalty, LWOP actually retains many of the worst conditions of confinement described above, as well as still effectively sentencing the prisoner to death. read more

” called the use of the electric chair as a means to carry out the death penalty “inhumane” and a “barbaric practice.” But on the question of whether Virginia should have the death penalty, the editorial board seemed fine with lethal injection as long as the state can obtain the necessary drugs. read more