05-14-2013, 01:18 PM
The problem with the cost of the death penalty has more to do with how it is implemented, than the task of actually carrying out said horror.
I'm not one who advocates the death penalty in all circumstances. I don't think that the person executed in Ohio previous to this guy necessarily needed to be put to death. But I cannot advocate to completely remove it as a penalty either. I think we need to be more judicious in who we execute. Not every murderer needs to be executed.
But there are some, where the death penalty is a fitting end.
And I agree, we should put more time and effort into making sure that we tackle the problems that create monsters.
But, if we abolish the death penalty, I cannot in good conscious even begin to agree with you that we should remove Life without parole. Brievik will never be rehabilitated. He will never change his world views. He will never be a functioning member of a society that is accepting of those he feels have spoiled his culture. Manson is just as crazy now as he was when he had his little cult of people. These people have not shown the ability to rejoin society and be a functioning member of it.
Removing the ability to incarcerate them for life, and at the same time, remove the ability to execute them is just not a reasonable solution to the problem. At least, not with the way things are currently. Maybe, after a decade plus of time spent working to rehabilitate our justice system, and our mental health system, we can look at changing things. But at this point, it's just not a feasible solution.
I'm not one who advocates the death penalty in all circumstances. I don't think that the person executed in Ohio previous to this guy necessarily needed to be put to death. But I cannot advocate to completely remove it as a penalty either. I think we need to be more judicious in who we execute. Not every murderer needs to be executed.
But there are some, where the death penalty is a fitting end.
And I agree, we should put more time and effort into making sure that we tackle the problems that create monsters.
But, if we abolish the death penalty, I cannot in good conscious even begin to agree with you that we should remove Life without parole. Brievik will never be rehabilitated. He will never change his world views. He will never be a functioning member of a society that is accepting of those he feels have spoiled his culture. Manson is just as crazy now as he was when he had his little cult of people. These people have not shown the ability to rejoin society and be a functioning member of it.
Removing the ability to incarcerate them for life, and at the same time, remove the ability to execute them is just not a reasonable solution to the problem. At least, not with the way things are currently. Maybe, after a decade plus of time spent working to rehabilitate our justice system, and our mental health system, we can look at changing things. But at this point, it's just not a feasible solution.
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