RE: Man stabs his girlfriend 100 times
September 19, 2016 at 4:12 am
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2016 at 4:16 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
Yeah, I used to be very pro-death-penalty, and I still hold for two instances where I think it's apt:
1) Child-molesters who kill their victims. If you're both a pedophile and a murderer, that's it, don't pass GO, don't collect two hundred dollars.
2) People involved in murder-for-hire. if you value money more than life, you're incurable.
I will freely admit that my rationales in both cases are based emotionally and can't really be defended logically, so don't ask me to do so.
In all other capital cases, I think life imprisoned on an island, in general population, with livestock, seeding and building supplies flown in every so often so the inmates can assure their own food and shelter, is fine. Maybe give 'em some books, too, I dunno. Make sure the island is beyond swimming distance, and use Coast Guard patrols as training for the CG recruits and midshipmen.
1) Child-molesters who kill their victims. If you're both a pedophile and a murderer, that's it, don't pass GO, don't collect two hundred dollars.
2) People involved in murder-for-hire. if you value money more than life, you're incurable.
I will freely admit that my rationales in both cases are based emotionally and can't really be defended logically, so don't ask me to do so.
In all other capital cases, I think life imprisoned on an island, in general population, with livestock, seeding and building supplies flown in every so often so the inmates can assure their own food and shelter, is fine. Maybe give 'em some books, too, I dunno. Make sure the island is beyond swimming distance, and use Coast Guard patrols as training for the CG recruits and midshipmen.
