In light of certain recent events...

**spankythehippo** · 04-09-2012, 05:48

When a guy kills a ginormous amount of people, should he get life, or death (heheh, geddit?)?

Isn't it a waste of resources and money to keep someone alive that will never be released? People argue that it is unethical to take away human life, but the same people wouldn't say that when they are directly affected by a mass murderer.

Anders Breivik killed a huge amount of people, and he did it willingly. So, what is the reason for keeping him alive? I can see certain reasons, namely psychological profiling. But this does not warrant a criminal to be kept alive until they die of natural causes.

I say execute criminals that wont get out. If they have a chance of being paroled or released, then gaol them.

Capital punishment, yes or no?

**Husar** · 04-09-2012, 06:25

Getting killed is a relief for them, a life of boredom is the bigger punishment.

To think that life in prison is somehow better is the fallacy.
Plus in cases that aren't as clear cut as Anders Breivik's, what if you got the wrong guy and only find out 10 years later?

What if the government frames you?

**spankythehippo** · 04-09-2012, 06:40

WHOA! So many double posts.

How dare a government frame it's own denizens. Her her her.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 04-09-2012, 07:02

No, Husar just really wanted to emphasize his points.

**spankythehippo** · 04-09-2012, 07:04

That, I can believe.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 04-09-2012, 07:15

If you hit the post reply button and it hangs, go back to the main page and see if your post is there instead of hitting the button again, always works for me anyway.

**CountArach** · 04-09-2012, 07:16

The thread has been cleaned

**Husar** · 04-09-2012, 07:30

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

If you hit the post reply button and it hangs, go back to the main page and see if your post is there instead of hitting the button again, always works for me anyway.

I don't think I hit it again for exactly that reason, or maybe I did?
I just got out of bed and it hung up completely, couldn't go back to the thread until now or I would've deleted all double posts myself.

And thanks CA.

Now back on topic, the government has to be afraid of it's prisoners, not the other way around.

And the death penalty usually effectively costs more than life in prison anyway, maybe if there were a quick method like a deathmobile or roving death squads it would be cheaper than letting people wait 10 years for their execution, just kill them before they can even appeal and you save even more money if money is the only concern.