To me 15 years for murder sounds low. Even for Nordic country standards. My understanding is that the ~15 years is because the convicts try everything to get t

To me 15 years for murder sounds low. Even for Nordic country standards. My understanding is that the ~15 years is because the convicts try everything to get the sentence repelled. Which signals that "death sentence" is really something they consider lot worse than being in prison. There has been research that humans are unable to accurately discern more than 3 years into future. I don't think 15 vs. 30 vs. 45 years makes much difference. But 20 years vs. lethal injection, there is obvious difference in the quality of the punishment. >Also, is being shot by a sharpshooter the death penalty without due process or a reasonable effort to preserve the lives of innocent people who may be involved? You could claim that any death penalty is exactly that. No matter which position you take, the best situation in either case would be the perpetrator turning in and getting that due process.