(September 22, 2011 at 4:42 pm)Cinjin Wrote: That's my point shell. From our perspective there was more than a shadow of a doubt, but since the only information we can get is second, third or fourth hand we simply cannot know for sure.Then committing an irrevocable act (of execution) should be intolerable to you, instead of postulating as to "Will we really know?".
(September 22, 2011 at 4:42 pm)Cinjin Wrote: On an unrelated point: Me personally, I'd rather opt for the death penalty vs. a lifetime in prison. I just couldn't take it. Freedom is everything to me.
Unfortunately, granting the self determination to the presumed guilty to choose suicide or life in prison only opens up new avenues to potential illegal coercion and manipulation by unwatched, unpoliced entities (*cough cough*prison gaurds *cough cough*).
Furthermore, as life in prison is considered intolerable to you, and no doubt others, were you to be mistakenly or illegally imprisoned by the state, your choice to commit suicide is a Sophie's choice and once again, protected against.
This is why offering suicide in prison as an alternative to life imprisonment is unethical and illegal.
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