He Just Does Not Get it

I was checking out democratic gubernatorial candidate Christopher Geary's website. I noticed that on his platform page he is against capitol punishment which is fine. He mentions that an innocent person could be put to death. Absolutely as long as humans are filling the jury boxes and are involved with the process there is always going to be the human error. I do not have an issue with Mr.Geary on that point. Mr.Geary's third point is what I have an issue with on capitol punishment. It states and I quote "I believe that life imprisonment is a more appropriate punishment than the death penalty because it gives people a longer period of time to regret what they have done." Mr.Geary is assuming that the people who are on death row have a conscience. If the people on death row had one they would not have done what they did to be put there in the first place. Mr.Geary assumes that the person regrets the act they did to begin with. Generally if someone ends up on death row they have earned it and they have earned the right to die. Thinking about there past crimes generally gives these individuals pleasure. As for what Jesus would do I am not qualified to answer that question and neither is Mr.Geary. But as the title says he just doesn't get it.