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Originally posted by analog
And you know what? I'd bet good money that it is far more satisfying and cathartic to know that the person responsible for your relative not being alive, is also now not alive. Why should they continue to get to live, when their loved one did not have that option?
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I don't think so. . . If I were one of the victim's relatives, I'd frankly be pissed that the murderer is free from all pain while I'm still here miserable because my relative is dead. I'd much rather know that the murderer is looking forward to 40+ years of back breaking labor. Of course, again, this requires a fundamental shift in our carriage of justice.
I find it amazing that we consider it humane to kill prisoners, yet it is inhumane to make them do hard physical labor for 12 hours a day with no pay. I would derive immense satisfaction out of knowing that, on any given Saturday while I was relaxing in front of the TV, my relative's murderer was just starting a 12 hour day of ultra-hard labor for which he would receive no compensation. That'd be a much harsher punishment than killing him, which is just a way of letting him out of having to deal with the consequences of his actions. And that way you wouldn't have the moral conflict that I still say exists with the death penalty.
Just IMHO