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Originally Posted by willravel
The persons in question are almost certainly mentally ill and probably should be under the care of mental health professionals. Justice would be helping them to break free of sociopathy and allowing them to feel shame and regret for what they did. Killing them is an act of vengeance and is a reaction based on emotion instead of reason.
Would you really kill someone because they suffered from mental illness? If so, I hope you're never on jury duty in a case that has any emotional impact on you.
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State sponsored service may vary from state to state, but I have had enough experience in forensic behavioral health to have concluded this is unfortunately in the extreme minority. What I have seen are allot of criminals who have done very bad things, and know how to work the system. The result is rapists and murderers that have been either found not competent enough to stand trial , or have been found guilty but, insane. Both will keep them out of prison. They spend 5 to 10 years receiving psych meds, having daily groups on how to get in touch with themselves, doing arts and crafts, and being rude and entitled to the medical staff.
After they have spent enough time being “rehabilitated” can you guess what some of them do? They go out and kill or rape again.
Perhaps in an utopian society people would not have to worry about their children disappearing, going to the store and have a sniper shoot them, being raped, and similar acts.
A couple decades ago when the level of forensics was only a fraction of where it is today, my view would be different. I don’t deny that there are truly mentally ill people out there. There are allot of Charles Mansions out there- that will never be rehabilitated.
Maybe the answer is to get more specific about cases verse a general law. Scott Peterson: is there anyone here that doubts he killed his wife and unborn son? Circumstantial evidence convicted him. If a person is found guilty by a panel of their peers of a deliberate and heinous crime, I would personally rather my taxes go into education than supporting that piece of shit.
I don’t mean this question to be passive aggressive, and if this applies to anyone here and they choose not to answer I understand.. I’m asking this with a perspective of sincere interest . Is there anyone here that has had something terrible happen to someone they love by a criminal and does not support the death penalty?