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Originally Posted by Rochard
I used to be all for the death penalty. Kill someone, and society will kill you back. Simple.
But that's not really a punishment, is it? No pain, no suffering, just done. We'll even feed you the meal of your choice on your final day, like a little party.
Fuck that. Dark cell, bread and water for the next forty years. No cable television. No tennis. No sunlight. No reading material, no visitors, no conversation, no nothing.
I am not saying everyone in prison should be treated this way. But if you are in for rape or murder, you deserve nothing more than a dark cell for the rest of your life.
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Here is the potential problem with doing this. First, sometimes innocent people are convicted. This can be changed if we make it mandatory for any and all DNA evidence that could be collected to be used during the trial. No more trying to get evidence withheld because it could hurt your case. Both sides have to take the good with the bad. There would need to be some serious changes to our justice system.
But the occasional innocent person aside, let's talk about the people that deal with these people. When you cage someone and treat them in this way it won't be long until they basically turn into an animal. Being exposed to that kind of thing day in and day out and dealing with those type of people can royally fuck up the prison guards. Many prison guards end up messed up with just regular prison. We will now have a whole new level of problems with them.
Lastly, it likely won't cause a reduction in rape or murder. People who commit those kinds of crimes are fucked up in the head and in most cases they don't consider the potential consequences of their actions. Could it cut down on armed robberies? Maybe. Maybe people that would commit those types of crimes will find themselves deciding not to use a a weapon so the chances of someone dying are reduced, but is that potentially small reduction worth being known as the country that keeps hundreds of people caged up and treated like animals?