The 8th amendment to the constitution prohibits the use of cruel or unusual punishment. The problem with that is who gets to decide what constitutes cruel and/or unusual. The definition seems to change with the times.
Microwaving to death parents who microwaved their kids, though an appropriate method, would not be condoned under current law.
Who knows though:
If the plague of Political Correctness currently running rampant in the US ever gets stamped out maybe implementing the death penalty in a way appropriate to the crime commited will become acceptable. Then again IMO it is more likely that the sun will flicker out tomorrow than it is that PC will be eradicated.
Just sayin'...
I agree. No way the PC movement is going to die, and eventually the US will probably adopt the same "no death penalty" clauses as the pansies in Europe and the UN.
.22 to the brainstem is quick, easy, cheap and actually fairly painless. 2-3 shots is enough to put down anyone and we move on. 30 days after sentencing, to allow for reasonable appeals, streamline paperwork, move on with life.
.22 to the brainstem is quick, easy, cheap and actually fairly painless. 2-3 shots is enough to put down anyone and we move on. 30 days after sentencing, to allow for reasonable appeals, streamline paperwork, move on with life.
:rollseyesandshakeshead:
I basically do the same thing to your posts on a regular basis.... you're sooooo superior to the rest of us "lower" life forms.
For many years i was a proponent of the death penalty, but lately i've seen too many stories about wrongly convicted people on death row being exonerated for me to support it now. It's too big a price to pay for mistakes/failures of the system.
I agree with my uncle, (who once said Clarence Thomas leaned too left for his taste) that the death penalty isn't a good idea, but we've weakened the other punishments too much.
I agree with my uncle, (who once said Clarence Thomas leaned too left for his taste) that the death penalty isn't a good idea, but we've weakened the other punishments too much.
The question we must answer is: Is the death penalty meant as retribution against, or to punish, those who commit the most heinous of crimes (eye for an eye)? Or is simply a way to exterminate those we feel not fit to exist in this Earth (cleansing the gene pool)?
Death by Unga-Bunga!
If implemented in a timely manner regardless of method the death penalty IMO accomplishes:
1. Permanently removes those who deserve the death penalty from society so that they can cause no more harm
2. Sends a message to evil doers that if you can't fit in you will be removed
3. Provides a level of cloture to those wronged by the evil doer
4. and if you believe in it one could say an eye for an eye etc etc means Justice is done
unga bunga to the brainstem!
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