Instead of the death penalty do you think induced unrelenting pain for the term of their prison sentence.?

Question

would be a good idea,I am reffering to murderers and such.
I think also it would be a more effective deterent,than giving them everything lots of ordinary hard working law abiding folk cannot afford.

It works both ways due to DNA evidence as in the paper lots of murders are being detected with no doubt of who is guilty.

Answer 1

No, I think we should put them in a cell of their own, one that is not too small; so they can have their own; TV, VCR, Telephone, Computer,etc. etc.etc. Oh! wait that is what we do now. Well maybe you are right.

Answer 2

No. And I don't believe in the death penalty either. I agree with the previous answers who suggest they be made to earn their keep, being fed, housed, etc. according to their "income". You work harder, you get more to eat, better accommodations. However.....and every prison official will agree....that's easier said than done. How do you give them productive labor (labor that actually produces the increase needed to take care of their needs) and still keep the community safe? I don't think it's even possible for the hard core criminal incarcerated today. It might work on the up-and-coming criminals-to-be, and if made tough enough, one prison term may discourage them from continuing in a life of crime. I believe a warden in Texas has a pretty good idea....living in tents in the heat, like our soldiers have to. I'd nix the pink underwear....that's just a demoralizer and serves no rehabilitation purpose, in my opinion.

I believe that the reason prisons try to keep the living standards up to a reasonable level is to keep the risk to the guards and correctional staff as low as possible. Deprived of any sensory stimulation, half-starved, and uncomfortable housing would make riots a daily occurrence. What have the inmates got to lose, especially those doing "life without"?

Incarceration is a problem that isn't going to go away as long as we have crime. I still think an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We need to do some serious "next generation" education before it gets to be a "now generation" on-going problem.

Answer 3

i know that inducing unrelentless pain sounds a good idea but unfortunately the judicial system believes in rehabilitation.
A life for a life used to be the way but corpral punishment was considered not a good idea as at the end of the day there are a selected few which have been should we say wrongly inprisoned and now with the successes of dna testing and forensic science they are finding the real murderers.

for example last week a bloke was set free after dna evidence cleared him he had already spent sixteen years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.

so unless there is absolutely no doubt that we have the right people in our prison we could be punishing/inflicting pain on innocent people.
i know this is probably not what you want as an answer but i would not like to see an innocent person suffer in this way.

Answer 4

Induced unrelenting pain would be torture or cruel and unusual punishment. That is prohibited by the 8th amendment so we would have to amend the constitution. Under Article V of the constitution, that would require a vote of 2/3rds of the congress and 3/4th of the states.

Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

If you think prisoners live equally well as or better than "ordinary hard working law abiding folk" you should watch an episode or two of Lockup on MSNBC. Videos are probably on their website.

Answer 5

The VIIIth Ammendment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusal punishments inflicted.

As for those commenting on DNA, the stats are still showing that most ARE indeed guilty. It's an extremely small number that's been wrongly incarcarated.

The death penalty? As it's meated out currently, as a deterent, it's just not working. A lot of the Middle Eastern countries have public executions. Saudi Arabia just two weeks ago, beheaded two men (by sword) in the public square. One for kidnapping and rape, the other for smuggling drugs into the country. They don't have a big problem with kidnapping, rape or drugs. Can you just imagine?
I'd like to see the families of the incarcarated be held responsible for the feeding, clothing and health of those in jail. Guys like the Menendez brothers would be SOL (killed mom and pop for the insurance money). No longer would it be on the tax payers.

Answer 6

ma by, but I think I will let the govt decide that. I don't agree with the death penalty, especially now that we are finding many of the sentenced persons being found innocent lately with the use of DNA. I am all for the bread and water theory, why should they eat better than we do and I think hard manual labor for eternity is excellent as well. play the nature channel for them and paint their cells pink, I don't think they would like that either anything to make them miserable.

Answer 7

Poke a dog with a stick. He gets mean and if he gets off the chain he will certainly bite you.

You treat a prisoner that way and if he gets out of prison you will have one mad mo-fo on your hands who will probably kill a lot of people.

Why in heavens name would you want to do that?

The death penalty prevents further violence towards our fellow man. It is deserved for people who show regard for the lives of their peers.

We are all going to die. Plain truth. All we are doing is bringing their lives to an end earlier than it would be if they hadn't shown disregard for other peoples lives (in the case of murderers.)




g-day!

Answer 8

Deterrence isn't the point of the Death Penalty... Justice is the point... Perpetual torture may be emotionally satisfying to some but, again, the point of punishment for *any* crime is Justice... even rehabilitation isn't part justice, but can be offered to those that chose to accept a possibility of a second chance.

Answer 9

You do realize that with the advent of DNA and other advanced forensics we are now finding how many completely innocent people are locked up and sitting on death row ? Imagine a scenario where you are falsely accused, convicted on flawed eye witness testimony, removed from your family and locked away in a cell--- completely innocent. Now imagine someone advocating that you be given constant unrelenting pain in addition to this---- you may want to rethink your stance. Peace. m

Answer 10

NO, I'll use Osama Bin Laden for example, He killed thousands and he really deserves to lose his life. So all Things that go over the extent will be punished over the extent.

Answer 11

23 hours a day in a tiny cell, for the rest of your life sounds pretty painful already.