When Life in Prison Is Not Enough

[Aimless]

Another ridiculous argument. Any punishment is permanent.

You know what you can do? You can sentence someone to prison for 200 years and then review things after 5 years and make another decision. You can also sentence someone to life in prison and then let him out early and alive. You can sentence someone to death but then pardon him.

You can't kill someone and then bring him back to life, and that's my idea of a permanent punishment. If you sentence someone to life in prison, lock him up without any hope of getting out, that's another permanent punishment to me.

Now if you're arguing that it's better to kill an innocent man than to put him in prison for five years, well

well



PS. these are also arguments for preventing prison-rape and torture.

[Loki]

You know what you can do? You can sentence someone to prison for 200 years and then review things after 5 years and make another decision. You can also sentence someone to life in prison and then let him out early and alive. You can sentence someone to death but then pardon him.

You can't kill someone and then bring him back to life, and that's my idea of a permanent punishment. If you sentence someone to life in prison, lock him up without any hope of getting out, that's another permanent punishment to me.

Now if you're arguing that it's better to kill an innocent man than to put him in prison for five years, well

well

I don't think you realize how few cases get reversed 5 years (let alone more) after the fact. So let's talk about what actually happens and would happen instead of what you wish would happen in a perfect world full of fairies and leprechauns.