The death penalty

Wow, I completely agree with Shannon. At first, as I was reading her post, I was thinking why wouldn't he get the death penalty? But as I read on, I realized that he is a person and that everyone has the option to change. As wrong as what he did was, does killing him really solve the problem? I never know how to feel about the death penalty, since I can see both sides to the argument. What this man did was disgusting and wrong, but does killing a person make everything fixed?