Agree with ya there Link. And if the state were to appoint me executioner.....heck! If it is for Peterson, I'll do it for free! Would I get a kick out of doing? No, but is something that has to be done. And someone has to do it. From what I heard the lethal injection cost around $75.00 to make. Sounds cheaper than to have a two-time murderer in jail for the rest of his/her life.
An eye for an eye is never a good way of viewing penance.
But, then again, who is to say that life in jail is really punishment? Look at Paul Bernardo. He raped and killed two girls with his girlfriend Carla Holmolka (sp), and he is stewing in prison right now. He is in solitary confindment and has cable TV. I am a free man and I dont have cable.
It is a grey area, and I am undecided.
Originally posted by eleveninches
putting them in jail for life means that they will never have to work again, and that their food, heating, accommodation, electricity, etc....will all be paid for by the taxpayer, which would cost more than the victims family would get in compensation. Kill them, and they are not as much of a burden on the taxpayer's money.
agreed
I am pro-death penalty. (Duh.) If I had to choose between life and death, I would probably take life in prison as long as it wasn't like the Shawshank Redemption--and I'm not saying that for comic relief; I'm saying that because I don't particularly fancy the idea of rape and beatings.
Not everyone who goes to death row is guilty.
Yeah guilty criminals walk free.. what's your point? That doesn't have anything to do with the prisoners who didn't do the crime but are put to death anyway due to the justice system's flaws rather than their own actions. I hate seeing guy's who did the crime get off too.. but that has no relevance to what I was saying.
I am a free man and I dont have cable.
Yeah guilty criminals walk free.. what's your point?
Yes but say the evidence is completely without doubt as to whether a person has committed a serious offence against society such as murder, or rape then they should expect to be given the ultimate punishment. Death. There shouldn't be a whole system that employs the idea that a rapist who has destroyed some womans life should be set free and given a whole new life as another person. Our murderers and rapists are given endless leverage to mess around with our flawed system because they are still breathing (and in most cases their victims aren't) and they eventually get out because we have a system that lets them re-offend and theres no fear because they are used to prison, and don't mind going back because they know theres no other punishment that the British Government has but prison. Human rights? these animals have no rights when you consider the things they do and the total lack of remorse they show, so burn the mother****ers I say.
Originally posted by Lord Shadow ZI'm not saying they deserve a new life. They should go to prison and never return. But I'm saying until the system is perfect, which is most likely never will be, innocent people are going to be executed for crimes they didn't commit as long as we have the death penalty. That's not something I'm cool with. If we knew for sure 100% what crimes everyone did/didn't commit, I really wouldn't care about the death penalty.
Yes but say the evidence is completely without doubt as to whether a person has committed a serious offence against society such as murder, or rape then they should expect to be given the ultimate punishment. Death. There shouldn't be a whole system that employs the idea that a rapist who has destroyed some womans life should be set free and given a whole new life as another person. Our murderers and rapists are given endless leverage to mess around with our flawed system because they are still breathing (and in most cases their victims aren't) and they eventually get out because we have a system that lets them re-offend and theres no fear because they are used to prison, and don't mind going back because they know theres no other punishment that the British Government has but prison. Human rights? these animals have no rights when you consider the things they do and the total lack of remorse they show, so burn the mother****ers I say.