That depends, is it a reasonable demand? Do we agree with it? If so, then yes we do that.
In this case, I'm on the side of crucifixion. Fuck that guy. We couldn't even think of things bad enough to do to that guy.
Go live in Saudi Arabia then. I hear they chop heads off in public. A sick, twisted psycho like you would love it there.
No, capital punishment IS the lynchmob.
We're more humane now that he's gone.
No we're not.
Thank you! I've been saying it for years. If we treated rape the same way we treated murder, we'd hire some pervert to rape, on behalf of the state, anyone convicted of rape.
The US should ban ALL imports from Danish companies, and add a huge tariff to any goods ending up there. Dictating what your customers do with the products they buy from you seems well, unenforceable and ignorant.
Right. Start a trade war with the European Union over your country's shoddy human rights records. You're a real fucking genius aren't you? You should run for office, you'd probably win a GOP primary easily with that level of stupidity.
If we want the death penalty to be a deterrent against crime, potential criminals should have to face a death that's scary, and not expect a painless injection that lets them quietly pass away.
Bring back crucifixion then. Go on...
I guess I should be appalled, but.. the dude slaughtered a pregnant girl; I don't care how he died exactly at all.
In fact, I'm going to consider this a successful QA test and move on.
Well then you're a fucking barbarian.
Your Nazi rhetoric sure is dramatic, but I won't repeat myself beyond this.
Dear government: Be it tax filing, bridge construction or prisoner execution, please do so efficiently.
Now you're comparing clerical administrative work and civil engineering to the killing of another human being. Looks my invocation of Godwin's Law was entirely appropriate.
Would you fucking dickheads get it into your thick skulls that climate and weather are not the same thing? Jesus H Christ! I learned this in high school geography class when I was 11 years old! What's taking you so long, you knuckle-dragging idiot?
I'll bet you drive a big truck too.
A Nissan Leaf.
I'm a full of delicious contradictions.
My concern in this particular line of thought isn't about the right or wrong of the situation. Once we decide to execute people, and we know it's expensive, and we do them infrequently and all over the damned place, then we should employ some sort of economy of scale in doing so.
Okay then. How about industrial-scale gas chambers with a railway line going in the front and a crematorium out the back? To ease the minds of the convicts you could just lie to them and tell them it's a work camp, and put a sign on the gate saying "work sets you free." Better build that chimney pretty high though. The locals are sure to complain about the smell of burning human flesh.
Seriously though, do you people ever listen to yourselves?
So, kill them more frequently at centralized locations, and speed the appeal process.
I'm not for debating the right and wrong of situations -- that's for women. I'm a man. I like to fix things.
Screw that, why not just summarily execute them on arrest? That'd be the cheapest solution of all. Who the hell needs due process? Sure a few innocent people might get caught in the crossfire, but since you're so hell bent on proving your manhood then I'm sure you don't care about that.
I'll bet you drive a big truck too.
It ain't just about the victim's family, asshole - it's so that he can never do the same crime again, and we don't have to bear the cost of his remaining days.
Bullshit. LWOP is cheaper than capital punishment. Fact.
It's got nothing to do with public safety and fuck all to with economics. It's about retribution, satisfying the bloodlust of an angry mob. Capital punishment is lynch-mob justice. It's expensive, ineffective, and barbaric. Period.
If the victim's family demand that the person who was convicted of the killing be publicly flogged and crucified, do we grant that wish?
You fucking barbarians make me sick.
... for the torture fetishist psychos to bombard this conversation, fantasizing about torturing someone to death in 5-4-3-2-1.
Congratulations, America. You're up there with Saudi Arabia and Iran in how the rest of the world views your claims to be a "civilized" country.
And spaceflight requires you to subscribe to the theory that the Earth is not flat. Point...?
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