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Originally Posted by Sooz Pascale  I don't believe in capital punishment. However, in this case, he should be get life w/o parole and be sent to the general prison population. His life willnot be worth living and that punishment would be worse than death, I believe. Plus the other prisoners will take care of him.
Sooz
GAWD this is just SICKENING!!!! |
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Originally Posted by Aimee Weber I'm actually very much against this kind of "implied punishment." It's disorganized, unreliable, opaque and goes against the very principals of our criminal justice system.
It's not that I believe we should go easy on criminals, only that if we want to sentence somebody to beatings, torture, gang rape, and a shank in the eye ... then lets just go ahead and sentence them to it and make sure the torture is carried out properly.
If this kind of punishment is the right thing to do, then our conscience will demand it. If such a sentence offends our conscience, then maybe we should think about that for a moment.
But turning a blind eye, nodding and winking is the stuff of banana republics. |
Wow, you guys are making me do to much thinking so early in the morning.
I don't believe in capital punishment. Period. There are some things that I don't believe the state should have power over. That's the rational political philosopher in me. (That's what my undergrad degree was in. It says Social Science, but the core of the program was, "What should be the form and role of the State? What should be its relationship to the citizens?)
The irrational human - the part of me that says,"Save the babies" - in me goes along with Sooz. The guy is complete and total scum - and that part of me would love to see that happen to him.
But the political philosopher - the rational part of me - goes along with Aimee. Sooz's solution is satisfying - it's revenge - but if the State, acting in our name, is going to take someone's life, we need to be honest about it.
Thus a conundrum for much too early in the morning. If I don't believe in capital punishment, what do we
do with people like this?
Thanks guys.
/me sighs.