I just got really into dramedies this year and South Park feels like one in the same this year <| sep |> I almost wrote my thesis on the economist of crime . You couldn ' t have misconstrued my stance any worse . my reasons are monetary not emotional . I see two functions of our criminal justice system . Deterrence and rehabilitation . If the fact that her victims were her own children along with the fact that she was willing to go so far as to kill herself to escape justice tell me she cannot be deterred . Her crime is so heinous I don ' t see how anyone would be comfortable with her reentering society , which eliminates rehabilitation as an option . The only viable options are the death penalty or life without parole . In my opinion , she should be executed as cheaply as possible . However , i do understand that under current regulation capital punishment can be more expensive than indefinite imprisonment , in which case I support the cheapest option barring reform .