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davidmash · #1 07-09-2011, 02:46 AM

So you are saying given the choice of loss of freedom or loss of life they are the same to you and would chose death?

MTI · #2 07-09-2011, 11:58 AM

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So you are saying given the choice of loss of freedom or loss of life they are the same to you and would chose death?

Apparently, since being given a future isn't the same as compensation for the past.

aklim · #3 07-10-2011, 06:02 PM

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So you are saying given the choice of loss of freedom or loss of life they are the same to you and would chose death?

Hard to say. Your question is too open ended. If the choice is life with no possibility of parole or parole will be when I am 99 yo, absolutely. I'd rather be dead

spdrun · #4 07-10-2011, 07:10 PM

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Hard to say. Your question is too open ended. If the choice is life with no possibility of parole or parole will be when I am 99 yo, absolutely. I'd rather be dead

If you're that concerned about the lifers' emotional well-being, then you could give a life sentence with the inmate being given a suicide capsule to use at their discretion.

p7fan · #5 07-10-2011, 08:15 PM

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If you're that concerned about the lifers' emotional well-being, then you could give a life sentence with the inmate being given a suicide capsule to use at their discretion.

Every inmate with a cyanide tab in their posession. That would prove to be interesting............

aklim · #6 07-10-2011, 11:26 PM

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Every inmate with a cyanide tab in their posession. That would prove to be interesting............

Not really. Hitler and Co did give Roem a pistol and 10 mins to use it before going in and doing the job

spdrun · #7 07-11-2011, 12:32 AM

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Not really. Hitler and Co did give Roem a pistol and 10 mins to use it before going in and doing the job

Never understood that one -- if Rohm didn't want to use it on himself, why didn't he attempt to at least take one or two of his executioners with him before getting shot down?

aklim · #8 07-11-2011, 10:53 AM

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Never understood that one -- if Rohm didn't want to use it on himself, why didn't he attempt to at least take one or two of his executioners with him before getting shot down?

Futile gesture. They probably gave him 1 bullet and probably were able to watch where he was and wait him out.

aklim · #9 07-10-2011, 11:22 PM

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If you're that concerned about the lifers' emotional well-being, then you could give a life sentence with the inmate being given a suicide capsule to use at their discretion.

I'm not and yes, they should have that option. I always believed that if you say it is your life, it is yours to do with as you please.

My point was that by taking a perp's life you are doing the same thing IN P{PRINCIPLE as incarceration from the standpoint that you are taking something you can never give back. The only difference being that the punishers can talk themselves into believing that if a mistake was made, they can make it right by tossing the ex-perp, current victim a few bucks, sweep it under the rug and go home to bed.