Depends a great deal on the motives of the murderer. For sexual predators prosecution is probably a good thing in that it protects others. Thieves I am not generally in favor of much incarcerating. The first and last criminal behaviours listed are extremely situational in that you can steal from or kill someone for a great many reasons that make the perpetrator hardly any risk to others in the community. You can't make that same claim about very many, if any rapists. Anecdotally, I have been robbed many times and have had many expensive racing bicycles stolen and I can't think I'd like the perpetrators in those instances subjected to the living hell that is prison. Theft of most personal property hardly warrants such bestial punishment. I realize prosecution does not equal imprisonment, it could mean a fine and community service. However, how is our society served by leveling a fine against a poor person convicted of any theft? It sucks as a deterrent and merely exacerbates that persons financial problems.
John Thornton