Being imprisoned and "rehabilitated" (they can even refuse to co-operate in this!) doesn't stop offenders re-offending upon release. They learn how to get away with it the next time they're released, learning tricks and tips from other inmates! (I'm talking about minor crimes here).
It makes me laugh when people talk of the human rights of prisoners who have killed. Where were there victims human rights when they were being brutally and innocently slaughtered?!
If people want a civilised society, then these proven killers need to be dispatched. And do people seriously think these offenders sit in their cells, wringing their hands, "thinking and feeling" all remorseful for what they've done? How many times have you read that during sentencing they sat in the dock, smirking and showed no remorse at all for their crimes? Then they get into prison and brag about what they've done, to any other inmate that will listen! People clearly don't read enough books or watch documentaries on this subject. I'm glad I do!
You only have to look at the likes of Hindley (now dead obviously) and West, lauding their gruesome "status" like they were/are some sort of heroines to be worshipped! They were disgusting child killers. They weren't/aren't fit to be in a decent society. Not incarcerated for life unnecessarily and being paid for by the tax payer. With their matching duvet covers and curtains and God knows what else! A decent mattress, a sheet and blanket are enough, with access to books to fill their time. They don't deserve any luxuries.
As for Hindley, she played an absolute blinder on Lord Longford, the dim witted do gooder who championed her cause for release for years. He believed every single lie she fed him! And he admitted that he'd been duped, many years after. She knew exactly what she was doing when she lured those poor kids and took them to her evil partner in crime. And she was complicit in the majority of their torture and murders.
All you do gooders out there reckon she was the only one who was/is devious enough to lie, year upon year about their involvement in the crimes they were found guilty of and incarcerated for, to try and get released? "I didn't do it, guv'nor, it wasn't me"! Oh but of course it wasn't...
Robert Maudsley is currently in HMP Wakefield, aka Monster Mansion, in a glass cage in the basement of the prison. It takes 17 steel doors to access his cell. And that's all because he has actually stated that if released, he would kill again. He's even killed whilst he's been in prison.
What actual good is it doing keeping these vile monsters alive when they have no care for other human lives? Can anybody actually give a decent, reasoned answer to that question?
They are not fit to be part of society. And not fit to have money wasted on them, trying to "rehabilitate" them.
If there is 100% proof that those crimes were committed by that person and they have absolutely no chance of release, then yes, the death penalty should be employed. We have myriad resources now to prove that someone is guilty. I don't care what anybody says about it not being failsafe. It's proof enough in todays society, unlike the sad old days.
Society has always used punishment to discourage would-be criminals from unlawful action. Since society has the highest interest in preventing murder, it should use the strongest punishment available to deter murder and that is the death penalty.
And yes, I would be executioner and still sleep at night. Soundly.