Should The Punishment fit the Crime?

[Souhi]

It favours criminals and gives them too many rights while forcing law abiding citizens to bend over and take it with a smile and a tip of the cap. There.

Well that about sums that one up. Canadian law in a nutshell ladies and gentlemen.

[Eris]

true i never thought of it that way but still i vote for an eye for an eye policy!!

Well, that is your loss.

[yoko.......]

__________________________________________________ __________ I think they shouldn't go to prison for both cause first off ,my freind did the first one well the cop was his freind and he got off easy ,second i did the second one for a freind but it was a beer ! ^^

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[Ryuk]

Ryuk that post was so stupid and immensely senseless that my reply to you ends here, with me in utter contempt for your lack of intelligence.

I will say it one more time Don't rep me I am only a product of my environment.

[Manhattan_Project_2000]

I will say it one more time Don't rep me I am only a product of my environment.

That's all anyone is. So I really don't get your point.

[Sinnaku]

-Rep is a pathetic way for nerdy outcasted teens wearing hot topic clothes and pull thier dyed black hair over thier face to have a way to feel superior to someone. When in reality, they've already lost the battle just by going to the local hot topic in the first place.

Now back on track.

I think they shouldn't go to prison for both

So you're saying that the person who drives 60 miles through 2 states and runs well over 2 dozen drivers off the road should not go to prison? Okay, let's all go see how many minivans we can cut off all day! What a jolly idea.

[Ollie]

For the same reason why I think that the US states' governments needs to try being more liberal with use of the death sentence [and kinda why I also think assisted suicide should be legalized]. Sending someone to jail for so many years is not the most effective thing in terms of teaching good behavior, especially to others who think, "What the hell, I don't have much going for me right now and a few years in prison won't hurt me" and go ahead and do whatever illegal things they want to do and risk said jail time. However, thinking they'll lose a limb or their life suddenly makes the illegal thing or the desired outcome much less desireable.

And personally, I think I'd rather die than live handicapped, although it depends on what kind of handicap. Today I saw some old pass-around type of chainmail with pictures of a girl who was in a car accident that caused her body to be covered 60% by severe burns. Now she has no fingers on her hands, no hair, she has to use eyedrops every day just so she doesn't go completely blind...she doesn't even look remotely human anymore. It's a revolting and pitiful sight.

I don't think ^that^ type of punishment could ever be used, because that IS cruel and unusual punishment. Cutting off a hand or a finger would suck suck SUCK (to say the least), but a person can live through it. To be burned or attacked or anything so badly that you look like a lump of flesh with holes here and there to serve as eyes, mouth, nose, etc. is just...no, that could never happen. It's too horrid.

I'm going off on a tangent now, so I'll stop. e_e;; *traumatized by those pictures of that girl*

[Sinnaku]

If you die then others suffer. If you live, then others are happy but you suffer. That's the lose - lose situations with horrid events like that. Depending on who you are, you'd want someone else to make up your mind for you. Giving them the decision to pull the plug or not (If you live but are mortally wounded).

I would live in handicap so that I can stay with the people who can't bare to see me go. I know there's a lot, and it's far too much for me to demolish by a decision to pull the plug.

[Ollie]

If you die then others suffer. If you live, then others are happy but you suffer. That's the lose - lose situations with horrid events like that.

Honestly, I can understand others not wanting you to die, but to want you to live miserably for the rest of your life because they couldn't bear to let you go is a little selfish.

[Krsnik]

I say we implement more use of the death penalty. Then again, I'm from Texas. It sends out a message. You kill someone, you die. All this talk of sending someone to prison? It's really not as bad as one would think. The overdramatization from the movie companies makes it look a lot worse than it really is. Federal Penitentiaries are actually a lot nicer than one might think. It's like killing someone, and getting off easy. It's not a good system - the punishments are rarely harsh enough, or are too harsh. Killing someone gets you 10 to 20 years, depending. Vehicular Manslaughter gets you 3 to 5, Driving While intoxicated can get you community service. Yet MP3's get you 5 years in jail if they're illegal. Because that makes total sense. What? No, it doesn't. Welcome to the judiciary branch.

Sure, the punishment should fit the crime. That's Hamurabi's code, an eye for an eye, but that then equals out to what is the right punishment? Usage of conditioning, or punishment? It's all psychological, if you ask me.