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Yep even Saddam and Hitler
Two wrongs never make a right. Killing people is wrong, IMHO. The fact that someone else behaves immorally or engages in atrocities it doesn't give anyone else the right to follow suite. I'm certainly not in favor of having my taxes go to engage in killing people.
I also do not believe in locking people away in "hell hole" prisons is the answer to anything. Someone once said you can judge a society by the way they treat their convicts. That quote, I'm sure, is bastardized. But you get the point.
When it comes to people who have been convicted of "capital crimes" I favor a life without parole system. One possibly managed federally. In 2005 the death row population was around 3500. I say we build one or two prisons to house these inmates. Privileges and fellow inmate contact would be extremely limited. Family visits and phone calls? Sure, as soon as your victim(s) phones home you can do the same. I see no reason why we couldn't declare someone legally dead without doing so physically.
As for all other inmates I think we should be doing more to ensure they're treated humanly and live in a safe secure environment. Locking people up in institutions where everyday life is often a violent struggle for survival is short sighted. The vast majority of these inmates will be released someday. Do you really want someone who's been living like an animal for the past 20-30 years walking the streets in your neighborhood?
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