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Originally posted by Nisses
I'm wondering why they withhold the name of the rapist? To protect his life? They're sentencing the sob.
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The man is identified as the girl's step father (? or other relation), so identifying the man would identify the girl. They're making the right call there. Although the next article identifies him....
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Originally posted by rogue49
I don't believe so.
This would start placing us on the same level with those who commit the crime.
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I respectfully disagree. I believe the punishment should fit the crime. Physical violence is a viable punishment...not only does it punish the offender, but it discourages future criminals. If rapists just 'go to sleep' painlessly, do you think that discourages future crime? I don't...out of sight out of mind, who cares if someone in a hospital bed doesn't wake up.
Now, if you could go to a public square and see someone getting their balls removed and fed to them with a dull knife (not advocating that, just an extreme example) for fucking a kid, I think that would cut down on the number of people who fuck with kids. That is the ultimate goal here, that has been lost in the American judicial system. I think punishments should not only be to reduce repeat offenders and to 'rehabilitate', but to discourage others from committing the crime in the first place.