2007-06-05 10:19:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
"Never" is too strong. There are a lot of life sentences that do indeed mean Life. Actually once a person has become elderly and genuinely harmless I think it makes sense to release them because the prisons are so crowded (over crowded in fact) that the elderly prisoner's space would be far better used by a dangerous prisoner.
2007-06-05 10:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always been an advocate for letting the punishment fit the crime. Maybe instead of the death penalty, this scumbag should have his spinal cord severed and forced to live as a quadriplegic. Of course that still leaves the matter of being shot in the face four times by a .40 caliber at close range and enduring all the surgeries that Officer Gonzalez has had to face. Maybe the death penalty is the best option, but none of that quick relatively painless (by comparison to Officer Gonzalez pain and suffering) lethal injection, or electric chair. The ancient Chinese had a punishment that every day the prisoner had a body part removed, starting with the feet and working upward. The body part was then boiled and fed to the prisoner, so that he slowly ate himself to death. No cost for food to the taxpayers. Cruel and unusual punishment? Not in my opinion.
2016-05-17 13:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is almost no coutries in this world, that mean sentence for life, except maybe the US... 40years in prison is long enough, but still some have remain longer than this...
Also, it cost 50000USD per year to keep a prisoner inside the walls, so I am pretty sure that those sentences will be reduced somedays.
In China, one of the most repressive country in the world, has a life sentence that last 20years... Higher than this, they give death penalty. And some ONG says that China executes about 1800 prisoners a year, but the truth is that they execute over 15000 prisoners a year... USA is second in the world with 220...
2007-06-05 10:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jedi squirrels 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is from the UK.
A 'Life' sentence is in fact life. They serve part of it in jail and the rest in the community.
The time they serve in prison is called a tarriff (eg14 year life sentence).
The time they spend in the community, they are on licence (life licence) and can be returned to jail at any time until a parole board decides they are fit to be re-released.
I don't agree with someone on a life sentence for multiple murders serving 20 years and walking away after, but that is how it is, unfortunately.
2007-06-05 10:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by puggtiracer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are mistaken.
When a judge sentences someone to life in prison with possibility of parole, that is exactly what he means. Same thing when he sentences someone to life without possibility of parole.
The decision to parole someone is vested in the parole board, which is appointed by the governor in most states, not in the judiciary.
2007-06-05 10:26:27 · answer #5 · answered by latest_greatest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huh? In Pennsylvania, life without parole means just that.
2007-06-05 10:22:30 · answer #6 · answered by TedEx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what state you are in but here in FL, life means life.
2007-06-05 10:55:30 · answer #7 · answered by QueenLori 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i totally agree with you, they should call it something else, wish when they did say life,it meant it, all the best
2007-06-05 12:29:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know that?
There are people that don't deserve to walk the streets again for their crimes.
2007-06-05 10:23:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What???
Try again, Sparky.
2007-06-05 10:21:56 · answer #10 · answered by SmartAce 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋