Except for the fact that, occasionally, one or 2 times a year, you kill someone who didn't deserve it. Necessary sacrifice, I guess.

You keep asking me to ensure 100% that the murderers never kill again. I don't know why. I never claimed that would be the case. There are high-risk jobs in this world. I enjoy eating Alaskan King Crab, you realize the number of fishermen that die every year so that I can eat it? This does not give me pause, because THEY TOOK THE JOB. They saw a job, calculated the rewards to the risk, and decided it was worth it. We need people in this world to do the dangerous jobs so that the rest of the world can rest easy. It is a prison guard's job to GUARD PRISONERS. It is a prison guard's job to make sure the prisoners don't kill. The guard is in harms way, yes. But so is a cop, so is a construction worker, so is a fireman, so is a 7-11 worker. I don't see you weeping for all the cops. There are laws we could implement that would GREATLY increase the safety of cops, but they would put the public at risk of having their rights infringed upon by the state, which is exactly the same problem with the death penalty.

As for your previous comment, saying I had a callous disregard for the lives of the guards was an insult, and you damn well know it. I dont want anybody to die at their job, but I recognize that dangerous jobs are necessary to keep our society moving. If somebody makes the choice to put themselves in danger, it is nowhere near the tragedy of someone who was put there for no reason at all.

Picture it as the difference between an on-duty cop being pushed off the roof of a building by a criminal. And a 12 year old boy being thrown off the roof by a criminal. Yes, both are horrible and we all wish we could stop them from happening. But at least the cop had training, he was up there by choice, he had a chance to defend himself. The boy is an innocent victim that could do nothing.