Is the death penalty a good idea?

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Andrespetmonkey said:

StokedUp said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

StokedUp said:

Yes I think the death penalty should come back for serious and sick crimes.
I also think prisons need to get less "comfortable". I know a few people who have done long term and short term prison sentences and they all say that while they'd prefer to be free they don't mind prison life, going to the gym and tvs an consoles are there for them. In one case one guy actually preferred it in prison and constantly committed thievery to get put back inside.

Criminals should be scared of going to prison they should dread the idea of going inside and therefore it might deter them from committing crimes in the first place.
I'd give prisoners nothing, just the food and water they need and a couple of hours out of their cells to get some excercise of social time.

What are you talking about!? Look at these horrifying prison cells in Norway:

And look at how disgusting the facilities are!!

Lol, dude is that seriously a prison in Norway or am I just being gullible?? That would be crazy if true, it looks like a 5star hotel!

Yeah it's an actual prison xD. It's mostly for criminals with short sentences, so rapists/murderers etc. wouldn't be staying there. But still, that gymnasium is so much better than my schools! That kitchen is gorgeous. And the rooms are awesome, considering they are free -_-

In Austria prisons look pretty much the same - even for murderers etc. though we have Hochsicherheitsträkte (high security areas?) in which high risk criminals are put in... they look like normal prisons you would imagine when watching american movies... though I think prisoners don't get their own TV in Austria - they have to share one... and no consoles or anything like that - furthermore the things they own are governed by the state, like if a person owning a house goes to prison, the government gets the rents earned while the criminal is in prison. In Austria there are some poor people offending the law so that they have to stay in prison during winter. Criminals who haven't done a major crime are allowed to go outside and do whatever day want - well with time restrictions - also Prisoners have to work in Austria (e.g. in the kitchen of a courthouse)...