Executions on Pay-Per View, would you watch if.......

[livi]

I start to believe that "Planet of the Apes" was a pretty accurate prognosis.

[Zef]

Originally Posted by wowzer911

I think people on death row should die the same way they killed their victims.....an eye for an eye. Would also make for better Pay-Per-Viewing.

You get a point...I'm with you on this one.

[lm6y]

I'm in.

[legion]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Yeah, Like a stoning. Let everyone participate, get a couplea licks in . . . .

You can find a video of a stoning on the internet, and it might change your mind.

I was thinking more along the lines of a public gallows or a firing squad.

[Moses]

I've seen enough death. Nothing even remotely interesting about it. No thanks.

[tonypeoni]

Its deeply upsetting that this question was even proposed. For the sake of argument look at what happens in Malaysia when you get a speeding ticket.


(This guy is a drug dealer but still about any offense gets caning coupled with long jail time)

[Rick Lee]

We should have caning here too, since our current system does nothing at all to discourage recidivism and costs eye-popping amounts of money for next to zero results.

[Joe Bob]

Works for me.....

[tonypeoni]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

We should have caning here too, since our current system does nothing at all to discourage recidivism and costs eye-popping amounts of money for next to zero results.

It doesn't deter crime in a effective enough way to justify the denigration of our moral and ethical standards. Simply put the end does not justify the means.

[Rikao4]

wasn't there an American kid that got caned for graffiti..?
some thought that was harsh..
not me..
pretty sure he didn't tag anything else while there..

Rika

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by tonypeoni

It doesn't deter crime in a effective enough way to justify the denigration of our moral and ethical standards. Simply put the end does not justify the means.

I think your statement describes our current system.

[legion]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

We should have caning here too, since our current system does nothing at all to discourage recidivism and costs eye-popping amounts of money for next to zero results.

Yes
We
Cane!

Yes we cane sound bite  Glee sound bites

[msk1986911]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I've seen it and I'd love to see the John Muhammed get it and I'd be happy to participate. If you lived in the DC area at that time, you'd feel the same way. The stuff that makes stonings in Muslim countries so repulsive is that they're often done to victims and not perps or to folks who who did something pretty minor.

I live in Maryland and remember all too well the terror propagated by John Muhammed and Malvo. I was not a supporter of he death penalty before and am not a supporter of it now. I personally believe that death was too good for him, whether it be the painless kind that was administered yesterday or by any other means. He should have been forced to rot in prison for the rest of his life, forced to deal with the reality of his choices.

Mike K

[wowzer911]

Life in prison.......that would cost the taxpayers at least $800,000+
Does he deserve 3 hots and a cot for life? I think not.

[audiman08]

Originally Posted by wowzer911

Life in prison.......that would cost the taxpayers at least $800,000+
Does he deserve 3 hots and a cot for life? I think not.

But think of all the license plates he would make...or ditches he could dig. I think prisoners should work. Why do they get to sit around and pump iron, or read books? That's what doesn't make any sense.

[Schumi]

Yes, for some people the opportunity to eat healthy, have a place to sleep each night, and be able to read books and be educated is a dream, not a punishment...

[Rick Lee]

I think they should be forced to work off the cost of their trial and confinement. But I'm a radical.