Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
You believe serial rapists and murders can be rehabilitated? Last I checked, many murderes, and most rapists, go right back to comitting crimes when they get out.

Money from the taxes of law-abiding citizens should not be used to "cure" rapists and murderers. Shoplifters, fine. Potheads, okay. Those are minor offenses. The big things should land you in a prison cell for a very long time, with no amenities. Would you believe they get cable telivision up here? I didn't even have cable until recently. That's just absurd. Then again, if it were up to me, things like serial murder and rape would land your neck inside a noose.
No you didn't understand me. I just don't like profiling of any type. What i say is that retribution is the justification of the criminal punishment. So it's exactly the contrary. It doesn't matter if anyone could be rehabilitated, the government and society simply can't force anyone to adapt to the society, so the function of the punishment, to me, is just reduced to retribution.