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RE: Indonesia to execute six drug offenders
March 4, 2015 at 6:07 am
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I think a death sentence for drug trafficking is too harsh. I would reserve this ultimate deterrent probably just for murder, and used at the judge's discretion in airtight cases only. I remember Ricky Gervais made a good point, that if you expand the death penalty past murder, you can get a situation where people are more likely to use deadly force to avoid capture or to remove witnesses because they're already facing the death penalty for a non-murder crime.
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RE: Indonesia to execute six drug offenders
March 4, 2015 at 6:31 am
Stricter punishment doesn't necessarily deter criminals. As if drug dealers were afraid of death.
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RE: Indonesia to execute six drug offenders
March 4, 2015 at 1:25 pm
I'm for Indonesia's sovereignty, but I'd raise hell if there was a similar DP situation here. As well, it makes me want to boycott Indonesia somehow. I just hope this doesn't turn Aussies more racist against invividuals from Indonesia.
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RE: Indonesia to execute six drug offenders
March 4, 2015 at 1:48 pm
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The thing about the death penalty is you have to weigh up all the problems with not executing airtight murder cases:
1) If they are released or they escape, needless innocents may die.
2) The tax payer has to fund them being kept alive.
3) The prisons are fuller so that there's less room for other crimes and sentences end up being reduced artificially.
4) Another reason probably. Not at my best today.
I know it's far from clear cut, but I come down slightly on the side of the DP not as punishment, but to protect society from those who have proven unsafe to ever be in it.
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RE: Indonesia to execute six drug offenders
March 4, 2015 at 2:22 pm
Let's not forget that when fighting monsters, one must take care not to become a monster as well. Murdering murderers is still immoral.
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RE: Indonesia to execute six drug offenders
March 4, 2015 at 2:29 pm
(March 4, 2015 at 2:39 am)psychoslice Wrote: Its their own fault, they knew what would happen and they took the gamble, and so they should pay for their gamble.
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