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Originally posted by Troubleshooter
Dated, as well as not alwas appropriate.
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Agreed. Plus, as I see it, because you used your brain to think about committing the crime, your brain should be removed...not your hand, foot, etc. I don't see much support for that.
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I'm not interested in closure for the family. I'm interested in protecting society. I'm not the guy you come calling on when you need to feel better about something.
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I think we have to take the victim and their family into account, at least to a small degree. After all, they're part of the society we're attempting to protect. And if you lock a person up and "throw away the key," society is still protected.
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If implemented properly it will in the long run.
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I don't think the cost would be such a big deal in the long run if we cleared some of the prison population out (e.g. nonviolent drug felons). In addition, if we put the prisoners to work, then the money is not being wasted.
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Punishment has to be cruel and unusual or it won't work. For punishment to work it has to stand out in the memory as TRAUMATIC results for poor decision-making.
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How do you propose reconciling this with the 8th Amendment?
Absolutely not. You are sent to live in an 8' x 8' cell, where you may or may not have a TV, where you will have to spend anywhere from 12-23 hours a day. You face the possibility of being killed or raped or infected by other prisoners...and this will go on for the next 30-50 years.
I don't know about you, but that sounds like hell to me. A death sentence almost seems kinder.