Isn't the legal cost of sentencing someone to death, and the whole process really costly as well? There's about six appeals and 15 years before anyone found guilty receives their sentence?
I really understand what you're saying about it being the ultimate punishment, but for me being beaten in prison and being kept alive is worse.
Once your dead you can't suffer - your dead , he would be 'free' from being stuck inside a cell. That's why life without parole is a better idea for me.