first of all i donno where this info is coming from that it is more expensive to execute someone than keep em in prison.. thats just illogical..
I had my doubts on when a user said that citing no reference. I didnt say anything because it doesnt matter to me. Money is not the issue, the life and death of a human is the issue.
i dont understand why we think we should make it painless and humane for someone who killed a bunch of people cut them into pieces and put them in a deep freezer.
I dont think we neccesarily need to make it painless. But humane and uncruel yes. Definitely. We are a humane and civilized species there is no reason we would have to "stoop" to the low of a criminal.
If it needs to be done than it needs to be done. Do it professionally with dignity and have all the just cause.
i think they should have like a death island where they just put all the violent criminals and mass murderers to fend for themselves and have nothing but a huge barbed wire fence around the island. who knows maybe they will rehabilitate themselves and turn into a semi productive country like austraillia did? just a thought..
Throwing away problems never solves them for long. You cant just keep throwing people on an island like a damn fool. Thats not solving the problem thats just sweeping the mess up under the rug.
we waste too much money on this prison bullshit. we are the land of the free yet have the largest prison population on the planet. why does that not make sense? i wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that cheap labor can be had in prisons now like having innmates handle customer service calls? no bs
One step away from slavery.
And the majority of people in prison are:
poor people
I will agree that there is a massive problem with overpacked prisons. But i dont think the sure-fire solution is a guillotine.
I think we need to identify restitution, rehabilitation and revenge a little more clearly. I believe that all of these threes things can be used for punishment of felonies, but more emphasis on a proper examination of the accused rather than a trial where a lawyer is paid (and if you are rich you get better legal protection????
) way too much to bullshit people into believing yo are innocent.
I still believe a trial is necessary, but should not be the only aspect to the accused's fate.
This takes money and everyone groans when they have to give up their precious cash. But this is a very pertinent part of society. People fuck up and we need to start figuring out why instead of putting them in prison in hopes to "set an example". We should not have to set examples. we are an intelligent race that CAN distinguish right from wrong. But for SOME REASON more and more people are either not properly distinguishing the two, or are choosing to do the wrong thing. either way I think something more needs to be done about it.
Its like we are "cutting the cancer" out of society. No matter how much you cut it will always come back until a "cure" is found.