SVU

This weeks episode touched on the very contriversal topics of the death penalty and also whether or not putting criminals in a mental hospital vs. jail is still seeking justice for victims. A man raped and brutally beat 2 young girls because he was off his medicine and truly believed he was seeking revenge on boys who had gang raped his younger sister. The DA feels in her heart that this man should not be given the death penalty and should be sent to a mental institution however it is her job to represent "the people" and the people want him in jail or dead for what he did. Its sad because once this man is back on his meds he is so sick about what he did that he actually wants to die. It feels wrong to feel sorry for someone who did such horrible things but what if it really wasnt his fault? I'm not sure if I believe that the death penalty is ever good, officers argue in this episode that the death penalty for rape is justified because rapists are shown to not only rape once but continuously. I feel for the man if he really did not know what he was doing and maybe he just does need help, but justice does need to be given to these 11 year old girls who almost died. The episode did not have a good ending, in fact we are left not really knowing what happens but either way I feel these issues are very touchy and there is a fine line between pleading mentally insane and actually being it, therefor altering whether or not the death penalty is justifiable in certain cases.