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following on from the thread about the guy who raped his unconsious and dying step daughter.. does anyone think we should reinstate capital punishment?
personally i think the punishment should fit the crime, rapists being castrated, violent crime rapaid with violence etc..
just interested to see other peoples views on this..
personally i think the punishment should fit the crime, rapists being castrated, violent crime rapaid with violence etc..
just interested to see other peoples views on this..
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Its more expensive to kill than to let them sit in jail though and jail, to me, seems like a much worse punishment.
You die or you suffer the rest of your life in humilation and pain. Depending on the crime.
I'm not against it, I just can't see the satisfaction of killing them. It seems like the easy way out.
Turlough - i take it you are against capital punishment then?
I oppose capital punishment, or government-sanctioned murder as I see it, 100%. In my opinion, rational ethics would lead anyone to believe that since killing is wrong then it's wrong to kill. Of course, I know this is where the "eye for an eye"/lex talionis argument comes in...
Aye. Wise men have said many things. Don't mean they are right!
Some people should be shot. Afterall, if they don't see anything wrong with what they done, what good does locking em up do, as you'll have to keep em locked up until they die? Pointless.
I don't agree that "some people should be shot", not by any stretch of the imagination, it hardly evens the score.
We'll have to agree to disagree, I think.
WE shalll... but it isn't meant in any way, to "even the score".
I'm against capital punishment - I think if we are going to tell members of the public it's wrong to kill someone then we should set an example and show the same thing inthe justice system and just use life in prison - however if a person who was sentence to life wanted to commit suicide rather then spend the rest of their days in jail now that might be an interesting debate if this should be allowed?? :chin:
He was an Irish Republican. Fought against the British Empire in 1916.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Connolly_%28nationalist%29
"Following the surrender he was executed by the British for his role, although he was so badly injured in the fighting that he was unable to stand for his execution, and was therefore shot in a chair. He was survived by his wife and numerous children."
Maybe if the justice system was less fallible.
rapists should be castrated though
Not exactly.
what he said...
it's not worth killing innocents through an unreliable justice system just to put the bad ones out of their misery...
it's not like 20 years in prison is gonna be fun
there is a multi-millionaire gets caught in the act of raping a child by two policemen. now the evidence is clearly there, theres no chance of the verdict being wrong and the crime is obviously unforgivable. In todays current system, this monster would be put in prison, probably given a cushy cell with a lot of luxuries such as a tv, decent meals, privacy etc. because those with money are generally more powerful than those without. should this pervert not face a more satisfactory punishment to actually pay for his crime? the victim cannot take back the memories and pain caused but they surely would be able to find a bit of solstace in the fact that the criminal received a fitting justice, no?
dont the paedo's get a hard time in prison?
you can't make exceptions like that... just stick him in prison for life... if hes rich then its definately gonna be a step down from what he has at home.
QFT.
Revenge is wha massages the ego.
The ego is exactly what society should not be governed by.
Just my opinion.
Yep just like in Saudi Arabia! Seriously though, I can see where you're coming from. Rapists are just seen as thee ultimate scum like.
Moonrat...revenge is good sometimes!
Looking at a time when capital punishment was still around (1950's - its not that long ago) and the rate of crimes commited then against the rate of crimes commited today i'd say the system worked better then than it does now!