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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
I dunno Tully seems pretty fool proof to me!
I was just throwing out ideas on how to remove the death penalty while giving convicts the option to die...I can't imagine anything would work though. It seems to me that you either have to have a death penalty or abolish it all together, there isn't a whole lot of wiggle room.
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People in close custody have nothing but time to think of new ways to "play" with the people around them. Giving a convict a lethal substance and telling him/her "go ahead and use it on yourself" would likely not go well. Before you knew it you'd have three guards on the other side of the prison dropping dead and your inmate would be nice and healthy, probably laughing his/her ass off.
I say lock them up and consider them "legally deceased." No contact with anyone, no mail... nada. After a few years of good time they could earn the privilege of having reading materials other then religious books.