Pretty sure if all court rulings ended up like this, there'd be less mass shootings
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There was no hesitation when they took those lives. Why shouldn't the rulings be any different?
Graylight · 51-55, F
Because the quality of mercy is not strained.
Because the whole point of the justice system is to show we can do better as a society than the aberrant criminals who refuse to participate.
Because we can do better than strapping down fellow humans and taking their lives for vengeance's sake in an admission we can't do any better.
Because no one free of demons, illness or chaotic turmoil commits such heinous acts. Because human brains are fallible. Because sometimes others have beaten an individual into the monster they appear to be.
Because people with life with no parole don't get out of prison, they don't hurt the public again, they fade from the limelight. The threat is over - why not see if there's anything at all redeemable in this situation rather than beat the rest of it to death with our own jackboots?
Because the whole point of the justice system is to show we can do better as a society than the aberrant criminals who refuse to participate.
Because we can do better than strapping down fellow humans and taking their lives for vengeance's sake in an admission we can't do any better.
Because no one free of demons, illness or chaotic turmoil commits such heinous acts. Because human brains are fallible. Because sometimes others have beaten an individual into the monster they appear to be.
Because people with life with no parole don't get out of prison, they don't hurt the public again, they fade from the limelight. The threat is over - why not see if there's anything at all redeemable in this situation rather than beat the rest of it to death with our own jackboots?
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
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SW-User
@DrScissorhands have you ever had a prison meal?😂
Two day old bread and water ?@SW-User
SW-User
@DrScissorhands no. Wonderbread and expired bologna counts as breakfast
SW-User
@DrScissorhands You... Clearly don't seem to understand the prison system them. Their beds aren't really warm or comfy. Essentially laying on bricks with a pillow and thin blanket.
The conditions you describe are what they call "The Hole" -- Solitary confinement. It's actually a problem in the system, as those tossed into the hole are beaten, abused, neglected, anything and everything under the sun that the guards can think of. People go insane in there if they're in solitary long enough.
The conditions you describe are what they call "The Hole" -- Solitary confinement. It's actually a problem in the system, as those tossed into the hole are beaten, abused, neglected, anything and everything under the sun that the guards can think of. People go insane in there if they're in solitary long enough.
And you clearly don't understand the system in its entirety. I have friends working in federal prison. @SW-User
SW-User
@DrScissorhands k.
JohnOinger · 41-45, M
Carla · 61-69, F
@SW-User not certain. But if you look into the cost differences between life sentences and execution, you will see how much more the latter costs. From prosecution through the execution, the costs are staggering.
Death penalty cases alone are like twice the cost as seeking life sentences.
Death penalty cases alone are like twice the cost as seeking life sentences.
SW-User
@Carla and half the suffering. Life sentence with the possibility of parole gives hope. Life on death row means you’re grasping at straws no?
