(January 27, 2014 at 4:41 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote: Yai i'm alive! But what about all the money spent to keep a person in prison for the rest of their life? I assume thats what you want to do rather then release them? Imagine how much money could be saved!
Killing a human being just to save a few bucks is repulsive to me. We spend far more to imprison non-violent offenders.
Quote:I don't think the death penalty is revenge, its justice and balance. A serial killer who has killed loads of people doesn't deserve death, thats too easy. I would prefer that he spend life in jail and suffer and possibly feel some remorse but its just not practical any more. I'm always the functionalist!
"An eye for an eye" is justice for barbarians.
