Perhaps the death penalty should be brought back?

The Times published an article titled "Hang him, crowd bays at rape accused" (15th Feb 2008)..I started asking myself "What is our world coming to"?What is a person thinking when they decide to rape a seven-year-old little girl?It is because of such sinful acts that our country (or mostly the people on the recieving end of the rape) start to shout out for the death penalty to be brought back into our country! What do you think? I mean a mother is compelety shattered by this happening to her daughter, not to mention the little girl herself..maybe the government should seriously concider this issue..how else does one deserve to be punished for such?I know that in the end all these criminals and rapists will answer to our heavenly Father and i believe there is always space to repent over what they have done..Now the seven year old can no longer have kids when she grows up and that has happened to so many girls who have been raped..they still even continue to live with the trauma.!