(June 4, 2018 at 1:22 am)AFTT47 Wrote: I say, 'theoretical' in the title because I don't believe this is a practical idea. I put it out there for discussion to see what others may think of the idea in theory and if anyone thinks it could actually work in practice.
Here's the idea:
Rather than sentencing anyone to death for a capital crime, sentence them to life imprisonment with the option of easy suicide. All they need to do is set a timer to release nitrogen gas to displace the oxygen in their cell. They will simply go to sleep and never wake up. To make the option even more enticing, they could be offered some type of narcotic so that they definitely never know what is happening if they select this option. Push a button and you get unlimited shots of Bacardi 151 before the sealing of your cell at 4:00 AM and the introduction of nitrogen to displace the oxygen. Easy exit.
I don't see this idea as practical for a number of reasons:
How do you stop prison employees from actively making inmate's lives miserable so as to encourage them to take the suicide option?
How do you avoid excessive heavy-handed sentencing by juries or judges who reason that it's okay because the supposed scumbag has the option of taking himself/herself out?
I am intrigued by this option of easy suicide in prison but my gut tells me it would most often be immoral in practice.
What do you all think?
Fuck the death penalty. It costs tax payers far more to prosecute with the appeals process alone. Secondly and with any crime, petty or violent, our system is stacked against the poor and minorities. If you don't have money to defend yourself our system will force you to plead, and or if you go to trial your defense lawyer if state appointed DOES NOT have the time needed to put up a proper defense.
Far too much of our society today is stuck on the emotional nature of a charge. It is easy to judge someone if you are not the one falsely accused. You cannot take back a life once you kill that person.
