I know I have already asked about capital punishment but heard today about the above and also the thought that life imprisonment should be 15 years maximum. I believe that this is ridiculous as that means that people can go out and commit murder (which affects the family of the murdered for the rest of their lives) and walk free after just a few years to possibly commit the same crime again. After all if a persons morales allow them to take a life in the first place they stand a good chance of doing it again. The only way to stop these people is to make sentences tougher not easier, in fact I believe that the best deterrent has got to be if you kill somebody then you lose your life as well. The idea should be to frighten people so they are in fear for their lives not just think they are to be locked up for a few years and then come out again. This would then hopefully teach them to have more value on the life they are about to take.
2007-03-09 05:15:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think the idea behind this is to release elderly prisoners so as to free up space,probably working on the premise that a pensioner is less likely to go out and commit another murder,but having had a school friend murdered just a few months after he became a father I don't believe that's right, his little girl will never know her dad,his widow will have to live with the events of that terrible evening for ever as will his parents and I'm sorry,but just because the killer reaches 65+ doesn't change the fact that he took a life and deprived a child of ever knowing her dad, his wife from having the life together that she had hoped for,I sometimes wonder if these judges have any idea of the impact these crimes have on those who are left to try and pick up the pieces,maybe they should take the time to talk to those who really do know .
2007-03-09 05:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason our prisons are crowded has nothing to do with lifers. We lock up low level non violent offenders for very long terms. And life without parole is available for serious crimes in 48 states. It means exactly what it says.
Other factors- In the 1970's, many states began closing mental hospitals with the idea that people suffering with mental illness would be treated in their communities. Unfortunately, community treatment facilities were underfunded and many people seeking and needing treatmeant could not get it. The result is large numbers of people who could have been helped earlier have ended up in prisons where they may receive totally inadequate treatment.
More than 16% of jail inmates have a mental illness, according to the United States Department of Justice.
As for the death penalty, a couple of answers are wrong. Avalon is wrong on cost and Dave X is wrong on DNA. The death penalty is not a deterrent. States with the death penalty have higher homicide rates than states that do not have it. Killers do not think they will be caught, if they think at all. Life without parole is on the books in 48 states. It means what it says and costs a fraction of the cost of the death penalty. The death penalty risks executing innocent people. Over 120 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. Many had already served over a decade on death row. If the process is speeded up we will definitely execute innocent people. And DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides. The death penalty is not reserved for the worst of the worst but for defendents with the worst lawyers. When did you last hear that a wealthy person was executed???
Opposing the death penalty once you have the facts does not mean you condone brutal crimes. According to a Gallup Poll, in 2006, 47% of all Americans prefer capital punishment while 48% prefer life without parole. Americans are learning the facts and making up their minds using common sense, not revenge
2007-03-09 06:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a story in every incident. Do you get your facts straight on who or what. Do you think being in a prison is great. Sure they feed you but they want and limited. No no ones gets paid in there to do jobs. If they need medical attention they have to pay for it not you.
When it comes to this issue, I feel for prisons. It isn't easy living in there day after day only seeing walls. Now I have never been in prison or even been arrested. I got a headache over a parking ticket which i went and paid the same day. But that is me. I still feel that there has to be a better system than the one we have now. I had a family killed and ask me who killed my brother and what happened to him. I don't know, how this person was going to live with this for the rest of his life.
Do you honestly think it is easy getting paroled. No
Bottom line the system stinks...........
2007-03-16 06:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by star58 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even considering letting out murderers early is a crime itself, no wonder we are going down the drain.
The chance today with D.N.A. testing of innocent people being found guilty is VERY high.
Any cases where there isnt the total evidence then serve life behind bars. 20 years minimum.......
I for one say bring back the death penalty and stop mollycoddling the guilty.
15 years isn't much of a deterrent against killing someone, as proved by the jails full of geriatric killers already !!
2007-03-09 05:27:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US has what is called a 3 strikes law. That means if you are found guilty 3 times, you get life. The people they are releasing to relieve overcrowding are usually in prison for multiple possession charges. Murderers and other violent prisoners get 'life +a day', or they get 200 years, to ensure they are not released.
2007-03-09 05:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why they don't use the prisoners as labour to build new multi story prisons. The reason the prisons are so full is that life is so easy inside that they do not act as a deterrent. We need life inside to be tougher, and prisoners should have to work a minimum 8 hour day to earn their keep like the rest of us!!!
Maybe we should have factories within prisons, and force prisoners to pay for their own keep....salaries of guards, food, heating, rent etc.
2007-03-09 05:24:14 · answer #6 · answered by Copper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life should mean life for murderers. Stop sending people to jail for minor offences such as not paying your council tax or puting the wrong rubbish n the wrong bin atc, etc, etc.
2007-03-09 06:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
what about putting groups together on a remote island or a large ship putting all the murderers together, paedophiles, drug dealers,buglers and then making it like one of those reality shows but none of the voting off oh and they don't get paid for this by the way.
2007-03-09 11:19:12 · answer #8 · answered by june july 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You hit the nail on the head, I agree fully with you. Time to stop ***** footing around with scum, be ruthless and give them sentences that will make sure they wont come back for more.
2007-03-09 07:00:46 · answer #9 · answered by cassidy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes release them. And move them in the area were the Judges lives. I think they would love it.
2007-03-12 10:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by mally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋