"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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That would be me. My 13 year old niece
was raped and killed in a church.

Under the 1st amendment, executions should
be done in public. Sell advertising, and make
a Roman spectacle out of it. I think we can
make enough to pay for their keep and legal
expenses.

I vote for clearing out all the death row inmates
one per week until they are all gone, with a bonus
New Years Day spectacular were any surplus
killers can all be terminated. Or maybe that
would be better done at half-time during the
Superbowl.

As long as they keep their nipples covered.

Scotty

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Of course, that's terrible.


Duh, Jon, that's the whole idea.




















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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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That would be me. My 13 year old niece
was raped and killed in a church.

Under the 1st amendment, executions should
be done in public. Sell advertising, and make
a Roman spectacle out of it. I think we can
make enough to pay for their keep and legal
expenses.

I vote for clearing out all the death row inmates
one per week until they are all gone, with a bonus
New Years Day spectacular were any surplus
killers can all be terminated. Or maybe that
would be better done at half-time during the
Superbowl.


"Scotty" wrote

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in

I'm not arguing morality. I'm arguing that it serves no
purpose
to
execute someone.

Why not ask some of the survivors of a murder victim how
they
feel about it?

Instead of sending them to Harvard, how about sending them to grade school
anf high school, and giving them an opportunity to go to college... that
would do way more than prison "reform."

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"rgnmstr" wrote in message
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For what it costs to keep someone in a federal prison, you could
send them to
Harvard for the same period of time. When they get out of Harvard, they
could
find a job that pays a lot more than being a punk crook or low level
drug
dealer..

Problem is most "punk crooks" wouldn't go to class and they'd be
breaking into the dorm rooms of the students who did. Get real.

The whiners here remind me of the guy I heard call into a radio talk
show one day who proceeded to tell the host that the reason that po
blacks car jack is that it is demeaning to ride the bus. He then
proceeded to state that there should be free car rental entitlements
for people who can't afford cars.

Which whiners are those? Perhaps the people who think guns and violence are
the answer to all of our problems....

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"rgnmstr" wrote in message
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The whiners here remind me of the guy I heard call into a radio talk
show one day who proceeded to tell the host that the reason that po
blacks car jack is that it is demeaning to ride the bus. He then
proceeded to state that there should be free car rental entitlements
for people who can't afford cars.

Which whiners are those? Perhaps the people who think guns and
violence are
the answer to all of our problems....

Ugh, no, the people who want to send murderers to Harvard.

I don't think anyone seriously believes that... well, almost nobody. g

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"rgnmstr" wrote in message
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Which whiners are those? Perhaps the people who think guns and
violence are
the answer to all of our problems....

Ugh, no, the people who want to send murderers to Harvard.

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Max,

I thought our Prisons purpose was to reform.

That has always been the lofty, altruistic goal, but it's largely hogwash.
Prisons are prisons, not so-called correctional institutions.

Not all are death row. If
we can't reform and we can't execute why are we providing free room and
broad for wrong doers.

Keeps them from visiting my house and yours in the wee hours?

The ones being punished are the law abiding
citizen tax payers. That doesn't make any sense at all.

Really? Do you think it is not worth the investment in incarcerative
facilities to keep dangerous people out of the mainstream of society?

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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All pretense of reform was dropped many years ago. We can reform people if
we spent some time and money on the problem. However, instead, we're
spending our money elsewhere.

I don't think the pretense was abandoned. They are still called
"correctional facilities" and the guards are called "correctional officers."
I just love that politically correct BS.

As for spending elsewhere, I'm not sure it's a good investment to attempt to
rehabilitate someone who has been damaging to society, especially in light
of the fact that such attempts have been largely fruitless. Until we really
learn how to make a bad guy good, I think it's wasted effort and money.

Max

"Commodore Joe Redcloud" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:40:12 -0800, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

All pretense of reform was dropped many years ago. We can reform people if
we spent some time and money on the problem. However, instead, we're
spending our money elsewhere.

For what it costs to keep someone in a federal prison, you could send them
to
Harvard for the same period of time. When they get out of Harvard, they
could
find a job that pays a lot more than being a punk crook or low level drug
dealer.

So what you're saying is that if you wish to attend Harvard, don't waste
time studying your ass off, achieving excellent grades and accumulating
academic awards? Rather just break into a store and steal something?

Max