And older more so than young.
I fully understand the worry about the innocent being found guilty and hung, there’s no appeal from that, but in cast iron cases such as the Moors murderers ,the Wests, Neilson , the Yorkshire Ripper, etc, I believe 100% they should have had the death penalty.
The problem is “reasonable doubt”. If their was no reasonable doubt, they would hang, if their was reasonable doubt, they would’nt hang or even be found guilty. So juries or judges would be put in very uncomfortable positions. Jurors against the death penalty might be persuaded to find someone not