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[gandalfe]

Any other straw men you care to throw out? Obviously Tate is the big name. If I were writing a dissertation I'd proof read. This is an Internet Forum where I'm posting (or was) from church during a boring meeting. I don't think this is the huge symbolic morality play you think it is. And you still sidestepped the question. You haven't addressed the issue of justice for the surviving family and friends. Does that matter at all?

Will keeping her in prison for another 30 years bring their family member back? Will executing someone? You say justice, but what you're really talking about is revenge.

 

[LogGrad98]

Will keeping her in prison for another 30 years bring their family member back? Will executing someone? You say justice, but what you're really talking about is revenge.

Maybe. What's wrong with that? An eye for an eye is underrated imo.

And again you sidestepped talking about the victims families. Did you read the article I posted originally?

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Still begs the question about those left behind after crimes like this. I think it matters how they feel about it. They were the ones directly affected not us sitting here debating about ambiguous morality behind keyboards on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

 

[LogGrad98]

We should incarcerate a lot less than we do, and we should incarcerate people for less time than we do.

Agreed.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

We should incarcerate a lot less than we do, and we should incarcerate people for less time than we do.

And we should incarcerate some even longer.

 

[JazzGal]

Since I don't know as much as the parole board about her, I hesitate to say that she should or should not still be in prison. Families should (and do) get to speak at parole hearings, but their feelings should not be the final word. Most of them are not satisfied with anything less than the maximum. Revenge should not be the reason a person is put or stays in prison.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

Agreed.

there's the issue of those that most likely can't be rehabilitated. The psychopaths, sociopaths who just don't care about what they do or their victims plight and truly have no remorse. Should this factor into incarceration / executions etc ??