surely if you commit a crime in a country then you should face their laws. i hate seeing western criminals committing crimes in other countries and being brought home so that they are not improinsoned for life or face the death penalty. if they didnt want to face the sentence then they should not have committed the crime.
217408
No one objects when those who COMMIT crimes are extradited...justice should be served even if criminals flee.  However, we all know that accusations are made against innocent people, and that not all legal systems are the same in terms of fairness.  It is only natural that courts that have the accused before them who face trial elsewhere are going to want to be pretty well convinced that there is a solid case to answer before they send them abroad.
675081
I don't believe we give foreign criminals unreasonable rights. We wouldn't be the country we are if we didn't give that, and if you listen to news elsewhere you would believe that Americans torture foreign criminals. I don't believe because one or more other countries are inhumane in this way that we should follow suit. Human rights are important to Americans and we even strive for them for people in other countries.
634792
Makes sense to me.  But, instead of sending them back, so they can come back tomorrow, we should put them in jail for five years.  That will stop them from coming.
624017
Stricter laws against such acts. The death penalty for people involved and more camps like camp-X.\n\n It is a terrible thing to say but that seems the only way to deal with these killers.....We should open forced labour camps for them, that would put them off surely?
489916
i am unsure, my first thought was yes after all a 25 years sentence reduced to 12 for 'good behaviour' doesn't fit the crime. So a life for a life would seem logical and possibly reasonable. However we have all heard of miscarriages of justice, what possible compensation could we give to those people who have had family members wrongly put to death. \n\nTough i realise there is server over crowing in prisons and that this needs to be addressed i don't think the death penalty should be the way to do it.\n\nHowever if there was stronger sentencing in this country to say that the criminal never gets out. Many more people would be put off and i think the families of victims and the public would be reassured.\n\nThese days it is sad to say that you get more time in jail for stealing money from the government than you do for crimes against a person including violence offences and rape. It's very unbalanced.\n\nCrimes such as paedophiles should never be released as there is NO evidence to ever even suggest that there is a possibility that they could be rehabilitated. Why do we let these people continue to abuse the privilege of freedom? only to destroy young lives and the lives of those around them.
209439
I too believe that life without parole should be the maximum sentence for any crime.  In a world where the law and conviction system is full of inaccuracies it is too much of a risk to sentence someone to death-EVEN with a confession there is always the chance that they are innocent or did not play as big a part in a murder as they claim to have done.  Its AMAZING the amount of false confessions people will make under pressure-particularly those with a learning difficulty.  Also, the people who are actively involved in the execution of prisoners are surely then also commiting murder and they will have been involved in the deaths of many more people than the inmates they are executing-does that then mean that they deserve to die for choosing a career that involves the killing of others? \nThe death penalty is in no way a deterrent (this is a statistical fact) to murder either and is purely a 'revenge' punishment.  \nIt is not up to anyone to take the life of another and after all who decides who lives and who dies for murder?  Some murder/rapists get life, and another one time murderer could get death. It is a decision that NO-ONE should be allowed to make and it is ALL about Governments having the ultimate control-Death Row Inmates can be put on SUICIDE WATCH if they are deemed 'at risk'.  By all means give them life in prison with a little less of the luxuries they currently receive, but we cannot choose and ponder over who lives and who dies.
425409
I don't think the death penalty works, but for sure, we (I'm Latin American living in Latin America) should make our laws more tough. We have Swedish laws for Latin American countries. Our laws are too sweet with the criminals compared with the U.S. That's what the populations want but the politicians think that it's more "chic", to be against tough laws, and the NGOs, inclunding international NGOs, are a piece of shit all they care is about defending the "right" of the criminals.
373160
The problem is our judicial system is very flawed.  There are many innocent people in jail, and guilty ones in the street.  I agree some people are given lighter sentences than what they deserve and others harsher than they deserve.  But our system is what it is, if you don't plan on getting out there and trying to make a change then there is no point in complaining about it.  I am back and forth on the issue of the death penalty,  but to answer your question, yes there should be certain criteria for sending someone to deathrow.   There should be certain regulations.  But every crime is different, and until it happens to you or someone in your family it is hard to say.  and that goes for being the defendant or the victim.  it is hard on both families.
513245
i have to admit it you are right. our justice system has become too soft. criminals freely commit crimes here that people in other countries wouldn't dare commit.\n\nif we had a more severe punishment like whipping as you say, i'll bet my last dollar that criminals would think twice and the crime rate would drop dramatically. but we live in this politically correct touchy feely daisy cutting society where people care more about the criminal's rights than the victims.
531938
you have to keep in mind that the criminal justice system doesnt work perfectly, and if someone is wrongfully convicted and killed for their crime, that can not be undone, also "an eye for an eye leaves the woorld blind"-Gahndi
602808
This is a doozy hard question.\n\nDeath penalty is not an answer because we are the killers also, if we condoned the killing of killers. In a way it makes sense for many in our society to live by the rule "an eye for an eye" but in another sense we will turn into the killers, and that's supposedly what we're trying to get rid of?\n\nIt is cheaper for the prisoners to stay in prison for the rest of their life, rather than executing them. If a prisoner has a better life among society then prison will seem harsh, death will only make it easier as then they won't be living with the guilt. But if they have a shitty life in the society, then prison doesn't seem so bad because everything is paid for in there and they live as if they never lived before. On the other hand if we kill them, we rid them of guilt and any responsibilities so it seems better to let them “rot” in prison. But yet it goes back to my point about them living an easier life in prison.\n\nSo to me, it is a catch 22 for the people involve excluding the prisoner as they are the winners in the outcome of any jurisdiction. Life in prison, or death. This probably doesn't answer the question but actually stir up more issues but I wanted to put in my few cents. =)
52932
YES.  They absolutely should.  This 'minor' shit is completely irrelavant.  They were fully aware of what they were doing at the time they were doing it.  They should be held 100% accountable.  Their parents should NOT be punished, unless they were accomplices.  Our judicial system is absolutely ridiculous.  It's sad.  Seems they defent the criminals and not the victims most of the time.
571089
That's awful, just awful. \n\nThat's just one of the MANY things that is wrong with the judicial system today. When did we as a country begin to look out more for the criminal than the victim.
265181
this is a good point you are making. the law and the courts are to soft.the victim never comes first. l think life should mean life. and they should serve all there sentance none of this being let out earley. there is plenty of room to make more jails and there is also plenty of people looking for a job.
501655
If we are going forward as a country with the notion that punishment should be heaped on punishment, and crime should be heaped on crime, then yes.  \n\nMy true belief is that we should just stick to the original crime and enforce the laws that are already on the books.  Yes it is horrible if a homosexual man is assaulted because he is homosexual, but when you boil it down, is it any more terrible than the little old lady that is assaulted because someone wants to take her purse?\n\nMy belief is our courts only need to enforce the laws on the books, but our politicians believe that more laws (justifying the politicians job) equal better life.  It is so not true, I doubt one victim has been saved because a criminal thought, "man, if I kick this guys a**, I'll get a year in jail, but if this guy is (insert race/gender/sexuality/religion) I'll get another year so I won't do it. \n\nThat just doesn't happen.
414007
Valid point.\n\nI agree. It is a money saving tactic. They don't have the manpower to monitor everybody 24 hours a day either so it won't work and since it's a money saving tactic they won't put more money into increasing manpower. That would be counter-productive.\n\nLot's of people believe that it would be best to keep some criminals locked up. In the UK we have prison overcrowding so clearly too many people are being sent. This costs governments lots of money which they do not want to spend. They have far better things to be doing like invading countries, etc. Wars coincidentally also cost money.\n\nPrisons are not the solution to all crimes but if people are deemed (by society) a danger to society then keep them locked up.
90845
number one its an act not a creation. People who kill believe it will solve their problem at the time. What could we do to make it a less appealing act?...Swift execution of people who resort to this act. America is in love with violence. its in the news, movies, even cartoons all preach violence as some thing cool. We are the only country with this problem on the scale we have it. The molly coddling violent criminals by organizations like the ALCU has only complicated this issue. There is no payoff to molly coddling a murderer. They need to be eliminated swiftly and forgotten. No news, no fanfare no attentions drawn to it at all bar the fact that the person was executed for whatever it was they did. The press sensationalizes violence in America. Violent people see this as a way to gain a hero status amongst their peers. This type of glorification just accelerates the frequency of such acts. This has to stop or we will always see an increase in violent crime.Jails and prisons will continue to overflow and problem will just get worse.Right now gangs consider a stint in prison a vacation or "schooling". Having done time elevates their status among peers. So IT ISN'T WORKING. Lifers should be executed. Why should they be allowed to breath? They've done some thing so heinous that they are locked away until they die, why wait.. I think if that were the fact less people would commit violent crimes. In my opinion the solution is simple. You run from a cop they should be allowed to shoot to kill. If that were the case no one would run would they. If it were a 100% guarantee that you would be put to death for committing violent crimes/murder fewer would resort to it. A  killer knows that if he is caught that he'll most likely just spend life in prison, TV, phone, meals, bed, recreational facilities.. What is wrong with that picture?!.. I think if prisons and jails were as they were in medieval times people would think carefully about weather or not they wanted to spend any time in one.. Right now, in the United States, a criminal of any caliber, petty to hardened violent killers have MORE rights than hard working honest Americans.. This needs to change.