white collar crime is economic and can be compensated for
True in theory but how often is that the case? Death for criminal bankers is a little over the top but add crooked lawyers and politicians in and I'll buy in
then we should be consistent: a kid who steals a pack of gum can't give that gum back if he's already chewed it, so we'd better be putting him to death as well.
And in the meantime, you might want to be a little careful about yourself. You have almost certainly committed at least one federal felony in the past year, and depending on the line of work you're in, could easily get caught up in a white collar prosecution, even if you're wholly innocent. And yes, it happens all the time: the US attorney will find all the little fish he or she can, and start squeezing each one to see just how far their eyeballs will pop out. The unlucky ones who can't fabricate enough "evidence" to satisfy the US atty get prosecuted themselves.
Do you want to be put to death because you were peripherally involved with a transaction that ended up being a white collar crime?