| Cobretti2 said: it is a tuff question to answer. The main reason I am agaisnt death penalty is because it makes the person suffer for life for the crime they done. Death is an easy way out for them. But then again if the prison is like a holiday inn (as some are here) then they are not really being punished. For serious crimes, prisoners should be put through the worst conditions possible for life so they suffer. ie. - no windows. - let out once a month - left over food from other low crime prisoners - no heated cells - no bed just a mattress on the ground. |
What you are describing to me is "cruel and unusual punishment" forbidden under the 8th Amendment of the US Constitution.
I understand where you are coming from in that we should not think of the perpetrator as the "victim," but I have to disagree with such solitary confinement that kills individuals by driving them insane.
A firing squad is more humane than what you are describing. Hell, even a hanging is.
