No death penalty for child rapists? Ok fine just put em in general population down at the prison and let nature take its course. Seriously thats just as good as dead. The policy should be that these people get no special treatment, if you rape a child then you go to prison just like if you killed someone or robbed a bank. Yeah you're gonna get repeatedly prison raped, but hey so do some of the people who just wanted a free car or to sell some weed.
As for the death penalty, I think the people who want the perp dead should have to put them down. If your child was raped and you want the person who did it killed then after the trial and all that instead of some anonymous individual throwing the switch it should be you. Never ask someone else to do something that you arent prepared to do yourself.
And just in case anyone is wondering, yes I would be prepared to do this myself (just in case that even needed stating) I don't think we should play fast and loose with the death penalty, if you're gonna take someone elses life you better be damn sure they deserve it first. Of course that brings up a whole bunch of other issues like: "can we ever really be sure?"
These are some real muddy waters here.