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Originally Posted by Thor
Won't be sad to see him go, I'm on the side against capital punishment.
Just curious, him ending his life now compared to spending the rest of his life in prison, which is hell on earth, isn't that worse for him?
I mean if I had a choice between life in federal prison vs death, I wouldn't hesitate to off myself.
Maybe I watch too much Oz.  |
I'm on the side of capital punishment, however I'm only really strong on it when there isn't a questionable chain of evidence. Which in this case the evidence led to the conclusion that there was no question that this was the guy.
Capital Punishment was far more effective when people believed in the possibility of punishment beyond man's justice system.
Is it a deterrence, no not really, however the simplistic argument is that we haven't had a copy cat running around snipping people.
Personally I am all for the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crime which in this case was mass murder. But it has little to do with deterence and more to do with the need for closure. When someone mass murders like this and then sits in prison (and comparitively American prisons aren't that terrible compared to other places in the world) getting three square meals a day, watching T.V. working out, it mocks society and the victims of the crime.
If the justice system bought back the hard labour sentencing component I would be satisfied with that.