[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Your plan doesn't make sense; because, it assume that the prisoner is guilty >> > > A prisoner does not get to be a prisoner without being convicted by a jury of > his peers. Now, why is it you have a healthy distrust for this governmental > system, but have faith in other governmental functions? > > Beyond this, you are making the assumption that life in prison is more humane > than execution. I'm not so sure about that. Not that we want to make it > easy on the bad guys, but think about how you would feel about the prospect > of jail for the rest of your life, never again being free to just walk down > the street, or spend holidays with your family and friends, having your 300 > pound, tatooed cellmate as your main squeeze. The needle does not look so > bad if those are your prospects for the rest of your life. >
The strongest motivator that come before all others is the survival instinct. A prisoner doing a life sentence will adjust, and can even be punished or rewarded in that setting. For example certain privileges can be awarded or withdrawn like better or worse meals, right to use the library, visitations, etc, and then their is alway solitary confinement. > Which brings up another point.... I detest the use of medical technology to > take a human life. It should not be an easy and clean process that leaves > the executioner unaffected. Witnesses should leave the event somewhat > disturbed by watching some die by electrocution or poisonous gas. I think > the lethal injection makes the whole process too clean and too easy. Think > about that a bit. > The criminal justice system should not be about revenge, torture, and pain. The taking of a life is punishment enough, and if the death penalty is carried out, it should be in a dignified and humane manner. Remember, God is the giver of all life. Your life and my life are gifts from God, Nobody has the right to take away what God has given; because, it is a kind of circumvention of God authority and will. Still, in certain cases where there are no other better alternatives, capital punishment must be used, or at least threatened, so it can act as a deterrent against a criminal repeating the highest crime of all; murder. Regards, LelandJ > -- > Larry Miller > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > message/rfc822 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
