Quote from: Nichole on August 13, 2009, 05:05:24 PM
This one's in for murdering her wife though.
To me, its the concept. Our legal system is severely flawed. Some people get away with murder and some people get in prison who didn't do it. There is always a percentage for error. And while its all nice and dandy to think that murderers are a separate entity than "most people", they really aren't. Our entire race is capable of killing like that when something is wrong. I am NOT saying its right and that people shouldn't be angry... I'm just saying that no one is ever going to learn a thing from life when you're sending a message out there that if you do something horrible, there is no chance for you to bother trying again. That truly WOULD be a waste of tax payer dollars, cause you would be feeding someone and clothing someone who isn't doing a thing, who is just writhing and rotting and being a waste of SPACE... Not contributing anything to the world, which would be more productive. When your mom put you in time out and made you stare at the wall for stealing a cookie or punching the neighbor who taunted you, and then never stops yelling at you for it for 10 years; Brings it up in every day speech and stuff... Would you really think in your head that you did something wrong and want to strife every day to never sink that low again? Would you then be trying to be productive and being the opposite of what you were? Probably not. You'd just be bitter and negative and the world has yet another empty shell that contributes nothing.
I think that, unless they have that disproportionate brain attribute of SERIAL killers, that they can be mentally treated and it wouldn't be a negative to people who wanted them to suffer either... Cause then they'd have nothing but those memories until they died.
I don't really think a prisons purpose should be punishment. I think what its SUPPOSED to do is protect people outside of it from potentially dangerous, and mentally ill people. The people in prison can still contribute to society while being separate from it as a protective measure. Our brains are all complex computing machines... And the concept is that even TERRIBLY horrible and flawed people can have moments of good thoughts that people can benefit from.
I know my view isn't taking into account of loved ones of the murdered and I don't mean to be numb to that, but I don't think that the correct message is being sent from our system....
