[blazey]

I don't agree with the death penalty and I can't justify it... in any circumstance.

If they were in this country I'd expect them to never leave prison. I'd lobby against any form of death penalty because I expect better from this country.

To be honest I expected China to have a pretty harsh prison system, though I know nothing of it, so I imagine they'd have systems of torture in place and so on. Death is reasonably good in comparison to that.

'Justice' in legal systems differs. The death penalty wouldn't be my idea of justice in our system, but in any country that probably has a harsh prison system then death is better than torture.

And torture and pain would probably more fitting to the general pain they caused. People who kill are often driven by anger, passion, jealousy... things you generally can't have MUCH control over if you feel them to that extent. Or mental problems...

These men let people die for the sake of their greed and lust for money. That in my opinion can be controlled... they were just unconcerned with the danger they might cause. And a rational mind that puts the lives of that number of people at risk is far more dangerous than your average psycho.

That's my opinion anyway. I don't think I could impose my personal views on cultures I don't fully understand, but what I do understand of China is that it is much more harsh than it is here.

The death sentence in this case certainly isn't an eye for an eye, no where near.