06-01-2006, 04:02 AM
Quote:DeeBye, all to often that life with out parole thing sours because of prison overcrowding <snip anecdotes>
This isn't a problem with the sentencing then, is it? It's a problem with enforcing these sentences. The problem isn't the current laws and sentences. It's the state of the prisons. It's easy and pleasing to the public to pass all kinds of laws putting the bad guys in jail for longer terms, but please tell me someone actually thinks about how these prisons are going to cope with this. Extending the death penalty to crimes other than murder seems like the easy (cheaper) way out, and is morally repugnant to me.