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Originally Posted by Lenina What are your thoughts on it... I am just curious to know peoples input because we don't have a death penalty in the UK... It is still legal in the USA in some states yeah?
Apparently, death by lethal injection is very painful... I read that in something... I may find the link for that... |
It seems lethal injection can be as much a "learn while you earn" process as anything. It is administered by prison employees and contract labor, who may or may not have any real medical training beyond giving injections. The process will vary from prison to prison based on budget priorities, availability of trained personnel, and by the state's often-vague legislation on administering the death penalty. Is it painful? I guess it depends on who you talk to.
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Originally Posted by Lenina Anyway, what do you think about the governement and their methods of punishment for criminals? Do you think the death penalty is too harsh? |
As someone once told me, "Sometimes the experiment fails miserably (individual human nature), and the only safe solution is to destroy the experiment before it kills again".
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Originally Posted by Lenina I once had a debate where the person I was talking to thought that the death penalty should be given to cerial killers who plead insanity... I dunno about that... If someone is insane then it means that they are not in their right minds and can be cured yeah? But still my buddy brought up a point that they are not well enough to be in public and throwing them in a mental home is just giving them hope to get out so they can do it again... |
This is where the application of the death penalty becomes a bit difficult to apply. IMO, someone found not guilty by reason of insanity in a case where the death penalty would otherwise apply, should be incarcerated for life, regardless of their "official" mental status.
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Originally Posted by Lenina The reason I wanted to start this subject is because, I was watching the TV today about the American prisons and how they are becoming over crowded and some baby killer can be let out of jail along with other really bad criminals that shouldn't be alowed out into public... |
Our prisons are becoming overcrowded, at least in apart, due to the inordinate number of people who have been jailed for long periods of time (5 to 10 years) for crimes involving the use, sale and distribution of the extremely "dangerous" drug, marijuana, and other otherwise minor drug crimes. That, of course is a subject for its own thread.
IMO the question of whether we should use the death penalty isn't so much if it should be used, but how to apply it equitably. There are definitely cases in which the murder should be executed.