Merciful? / Poster design

The tragic Norway mass murders in 2011, July had not only shocked the world, but also aroused public indignation and opinion leading to debates on death penalty and anti-death penalty. Death penalty has always been a controversial issue in the world today. Death penalty has been regarded by the anti-death penalty advocates as a brutal murder act. However, is releasing a cruel killer and leaving the rest of the people in jeopardy really a merciful act or it is the other way around?