For the record,
I wasn't being serious.

I think prison is a far better solution than the death penalty.
Mostly because there's no going back on a death sentence. If it's a case of mis-trial or whatever, and you've killed the "guilty" party, that's fucking awful.

I think sometimes rehabilitation of criminals is the answer, but in some cases people can be kinda "broken", and there's no way to fix 'em.
( Cawl, Mon 11 May 2009, 11:46, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I think Al hit the nail on the head with
"Doling out punishments that cannot be retracted".

How many times has our legal system been proved to be occasionally fallible? It's bad enough for someone who's conviction has been overturned to have to adjust to normal life again without factoring in any trauma or long term health issue from compulsory medical testing.

This isn't China.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 May 2009, 11:50, Reply)

I agree with you entirely
I was just messing around as I happened to consider that society could get more out of these people (in moral ways) than we currently do and thought about inmates with tumors, missing eyes and three arms.
( Captain V, Mon 11 May 2009, 12:08, Reply)