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guthmund · 05-19-2003, 10:33 PM

The death penalty is official state sanctioned cold blooded murder.

While not as heinous as the acts these guys commit, it is the same, we simply sterilize and say it's for the greater good.

Economically it's more expensive to kill than keep, a point a few others have already brought up.

If you're looking to relieve the prison system of it's financial burderns why not release the non-violent drug offenders? recent tallys show that nearly 250,000 prisoners are drug offenders with an average of 58% of them non-violent. Surely releasing and supervising this 58% will alleviate the financial burden on the prison system more than killing the 3600 currently on death row.

But what if they escape? Of the 1.1 million folks in prison in 1998 (the latest statistic I could find) only 1/2 of 1% were reported as escapes or AWOL. Most from minimum security prision and community correctional facilities. Hardly the mulitple murder types.

But cops and soldiers kill....That's true, but they only kill in defending their life or the lives of others. While this isn't always the case, most cops and soldiers don't discharge their weapons without good reason and if they do they face serious scrutinizing.

I have no qualms about killing in defense of my life or the lives of others; the killing of a prisoner, a prisoner who poses no threat to society because he's been incarcerated, with sterile precision is wrong.

Timothy McVeigh wouldn't have rented any more Ryder trucks; Not because he's dead, but because he was in prison.

Our Justice system is a way to assign blame and proper punishment for their crime. Incarcerate them for life; death is too good. The death penalty only absolves the state from the responsibility of applying the appropriate punishment.

05-19-2003, 10:33 PM	#79 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	The death penalty is official state sanctioned cold blooded murder. While not as heinous as the acts these guys commit, it is the same, we simply sterilize and say it's for the greater good. Economically it's more expensive to kill than keep, a point a few others have already brought up. If you're looking to relieve the prison system of it's financial burderns why not release the non-violent drug offenders? recent tallys show that nearly 250,000 prisoners are drug offenders with an average of 58% of them non-violent. Surely releasing and supervising this 58% will alleviate the financial burden on the prison system more than killing the 3600 currently on death row. But what if they escape? Of the 1.1 million folks in prison in 1998 (the latest statistic I could find) only 1/2 of 1% were reported as escapes or AWOL. Most from minimum security prision and community correctional facilities. Hardly the mulitple murder types. But cops and soldiers kill....That's true, but they only kill in defending their life or the lives of others. While this isn't always the case, most cops and soldiers don't discharge their weapons without good reason and if they do they face serious scrutinizing. I have no qualms about killing in defense of my life or the lives of others; the killing of a prisoner, a prisoner who poses no threat to society because he's been incarcerated, with sterile precision is wrong. Timothy McVeigh wouldn't have rented any more Ryder trucks; Not because he's dead, but because he was in prison. Our Justice system is a way to assign blame and proper punishment for their crime. Incarcerate them for life; death is too good. The death penalty only absolves the state from the responsibility of applying the appropriate punishment. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously. Last edited by guthmund; 05-19-2003 at 10:38 PM..