This might sound weird but...
I think it SHOULD be punishable by death...but I don't want it to be punishable by death. The crime of rape is heinous; it scars a victim emotionally [sometimes physically] for the rest of their lives. The only fitting punishment for such individuals who gleefully and sadistically partake in rape SHOULD be death because their kind aren't worth the resources we'd spend on them to be in prison. Same goes with murderers. But I don't want it punishable by death simply because I trust no government to be able to make the call of guilty with 100% accuracy and therefore I don't want to be an accomplice to murder of an innocent...since this IS a representative democracy I live in. Or, at the least, I want to mitigate how many times I am...
So yes. Rapists deserve to be put to death. But I don't trust the government to make that call.
I think it SHOULD be punishable by death...but I don't want it to be punishable by death. The crime of rape is heinous; it scars a victim emotionally [sometimes physically] for the rest of their lives. The only fitting punishment for such individuals who gleefully and sadistically partake in rape SHOULD be death because their kind aren't worth the resources we'd spend on them to be in prison. Same goes with murderers. But I don't want it punishable by death simply because I trust no government to be able to make the call of guilty with 100% accuracy and therefore I don't want to be an accomplice to murder of an innocent...since this IS a representative democracy I live in. Or, at the least, I want to mitigate how many times I am...
So yes. Rapists deserve to be put to death. But I don't trust the government to make that call.
