Decapitation worked really well for a long time, and there is no chance that the person will live through it or have a long agaonizing death.

And not to beat a dead horse, but Capital punishment is not for deterrance, it is for punishment. it is taking out the garbage.

very well said

i believe they can do it pretty effectively with drugs ..

i believe also that this is the right thing to do - by any means neccessary if the end result is to save lives.

drastic measures for drastic times.
the noble idea of 'rising above' doesnt wash if the other side isnt listening or learning.

Again, for anyone who thinks a apthological criminal can be "rehibilitated", read this:


http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_k...r/index_1.html


Giving a sociopath another chance is simply giving them another chance to offend, plain and simple.

People admit to murders the didn't commit all the time. I don't agree with some of the ways they get their information. A confession made while being interrogated shouldn't be worth anything imo.



urgeok: executions cost way more tax dollars than lifetime incarcerations. I think 2-3 times more.

Can you provid eus with some credible statistics for that? maybe a website?

i have never seen any satisfactory evidence of this. I have heard the argument more times than i can count, but have never seen it backed up with a shred of evidence.

point one .. yeah - thats the sticky part ...

point two .. there has to be a way more efficient way to
kill someone than a lifetime of free accomodations.
a bullet in the head and a quick cremation.
then ...flush

I've worked at the Indiana Dept of Correction for over 18 years. I know you will all think I'm biased, but nothing works! You have a few who do turn their lives around, but they are very few, and very far between...and I'm talking about all degrees and types of crimes. As a Lieutenant, I've never worked the Death Squad, but I have worked security at an execution. The executin itself may be painless, (injection) but the time leading up to the actual execution is anything but painless. I still support capital punishment though.

http://dpa.state.ky.us/library/advoc.../dppotter.html

"6. The death penalty is enormously costly, strains the budgets of both state and local governments and diverts funds from more effective crime control strategies and victim assistance programs. This is true in all jurisdictions regardless of state statute. The cost of executions exceeds the cost of life imprisonment by a factor of better than two to one in every jurisdiction studied. And this enormous cost is borne by the taxpayers for a crime control policy that only makes violent crime worse."

lol I say throw them off a cliff, that doesn't cost anything. :p