Prison has a way of leveling accounts particularly for child molesters and killers.
You hear this all the time. Does it really, or is that just urban-legend kind of stuff?
Granted, though, it would be nice if true.
Yes and no. Prison guards WILL look the other way for a couple seconds, or respond to an incident a few seconds slower. Nothing that could prove malice or negligence, but in prison, you can be dead in those few seconds. Most child molesters did not grow up learning urban warfare in gangs from the age of 10 or 11. Sure, some folks may narrow on a sex offender because they're a sex offender. Usually it's just because they're easy meat.
Morally, I don't like 'prison justice'. I do however firmly believe the death penalty should be allowed for clear cut rape (adult and child) cases. Obviously not if there's a shadow of a doubt regarding guilt or innocence. I personally think it's a worse crime than murder. Killing someone is evil, but it's short. Rape is a crime that damages the victim for the rest of that person's life.