Is the death penalty a good idea?

[Marks]

osamanobama said:

Marks said:
Yes, and I seriously wish punishments were more severe and were more fitting to the crime committed:

e.g. Violent rapists should be castrated, thieves should be punished financially (take away some of his possessions and give them to charity or the victim), 1st degree/serial killers should be put to death, etc.

I don't want punishments to be cruel and unusual...but just make them reflect the crime committed. The only way to ensure a rapist will never rape again (besides keeping him in jail for life) would be to castrate him. How will he rape someone with not testicles and/or dick?

i like much of that.

i dont usually want torture persay (spelling?, though there can be exceptions) but those punishments shouldnt/wont cause any physical trauma to the fellon.

Not being a spelling nazi but since you put "spelling?" its "per se" I think. 

And yeah man, like I think there's such a thing as chemical castration (for my idea of doing it to rapists) so its not like physically cutting off the testicles or whatever. 

And you're right, none of these will cause psychological trauma or anything.