I am against it...no matter how sure people can be...they can still be wrong - and the risk of killing innocent people is too great.
And based on the fact I don't believe in 'Free will' (by the 'more traditional definiton' anyway - as I argued on another thread) - I have problems with it anyway...I think punishment in and of itself is immoral ( so if it does no good for anyone at all) - or at least pointless.
The only case could be for me - perhaps if there is some criminal that is so relentless and such an expert criminal that he could escape so easily...but I still have trouble conceiving of anything where TDP would be reasonable.
Painless disposal perhaps - if they're doing no good for anyone (and we need more room in prisons anyway don't we? - heck we need more room altogether) - but! - once again you still get into the problem of "What is they're innocent?" - they'd have to have been proven like something like: genetically proven even then for it to not be immoral, I say.
But basically: If it was a choice between the risk of either letting an 'evil' criminal go or ending up killing an innocent person...if that risk is present I'd go for the 'no penalty' every time.
EvF
And based on the fact I don't believe in 'Free will' (by the 'more traditional definiton' anyway - as I argued on another thread) - I have problems with it anyway...I think punishment in and of itself is immoral ( so if it does no good for anyone at all) - or at least pointless.
The only case could be for me - perhaps if there is some criminal that is so relentless and such an expert criminal that he could escape so easily...but I still have trouble conceiving of anything where TDP would be reasonable.
Painless disposal perhaps - if they're doing no good for anyone (and we need more room in prisons anyway don't we? - heck we need more room altogether) - but! - once again you still get into the problem of "What is they're innocent?" - they'd have to have been proven like something like: genetically proven even then for it to not be immoral, I say.
But basically: If it was a choice between the risk of either letting an 'evil' criminal go or ending up killing an innocent person...if that risk is present I'd go for the 'no penalty' every time.
EvF
