hellbender said:
Killing something is much more merciful that screwing it up for life.
I do not agree with this at all. As long as you live there is hope. As long as you live there is the chance to get better, to get over it. Dead is dead - no more chances, no more hope, no more anything.
Just stating that it is better to kill than to rape is so wrong I can't really put it in words. You basically say that any rape victim is better off dead, since that would be more merciful.
A rape victim can always coose death, suicide is just a pack of sleep tablets or a tall building away, but a murder victim can't choose life.