Death sentence benefits: discuss.?

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gellert

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The guy who murdered Rob Knox has just been sentenced to 'life' imprisonment and his reaction was to smirk at the sentence.
Don't you think society would be better served if this animal was put down? It would take this worthless entity out of the gene pool and it would act as a deterent to others. Maybe we should even consider harvesting his organs so that other, more worthy people could lead a prolonged and useful life. At least then his miserable existence would not have been a complete waste of time.
 
He won't be smirking once he gets to prison, who wants to waste all their young life in jail? they might be given a play station etc, but would anyone want to waste away their lives playing one of them all day?
 
If he smirked at the sentence it is evidently not a deterrent or something which instills fear into the majority of hearts and minds.
There is no statistical information which correlates the death penalty with a reduction in serious offending.

The state shouldn't carry out the very things they are trying to deter. If a murder is committed the state cannot then justify the execution of the offender in my opinion. An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind after all.

I think it is a harsher punishment to exist in the prison system where you reflect on your crimes and are continually reminded of your segregation and your identity as an individual who has to be removed from society. Plus prisoners are forced to exist with others whose crimes they may find equally horrendous..
 
My opinion and its only my opinion is that the death sentence is wrong for many different reason.
However having said that I have no problem with a prisoner who has been sentenced to life in prison to be offered the opportunity to end there life themselves.
This could take the form of a push button in there cell that lowers the roof to the floor with hydraulic rams. Once the scum bag realises that there is no escape or chance of freedom they can push this button when ever they feel the need.
Ja.
 
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