Don't you think we should do public hangings for criminals?
99348
What time did you come from? Noooo.
1069926
Abosfuckinglutely!\nI think there ought to be a special law allowing us to bludgeon repeat offenders.\nWith a bar of soap in a pillow case.
914165
Absouletly. In UK we have to many liberals keen to protect the rights of criminals but the victim is sadly lost in the process. If rehabilitation can be acheived in the criminal justice system that's great but it is primarily but punishment and the punishment should reflect the crime. I am not a fan of habging but we should use lethal injection in cases like this.
143518
Because apparently public execution is distasteful, so we have to lock em away and crowd the prisons.  I bet if we televised someone getting executed, there'd be a lot less repeat offenders.
564856
No, we should follow the worlds wishes on this one. We are mistreating those prisoners and that lowers us to their status. It is just wrong.
790491
i think so. if the minor understood what they were doing and knew what the outcome would be then yes they should be tried as adults.  there areway to many young people out killing each other and know they can get away with it, because they will go to juvie and be out when they are 18.  i say lock them up with the adults so they can truly learn a lesson.
76052
Ah! yes why are criminals treated better than law-abiding citizens. well simple four letter ACLU.\nI agree with you, criminals should remain in their prison cells twenty four hours a day and have bread a na water sered to them as food. The treatment of criminasl in the USA should be eqaul to that of other countries. It is my understanding that in some other country, when they execute a criminal, they send the criminals family the bill for the execution.\nNow that would be a great idea here in the USA.
851690
I think all the jails and prisons should do that. It would be a good, though slow, start to help the situation.
355078
Sounds like you are suggesting we detain people that COULD commit a crime. Sorry still cant do that. In this country CITIZENS are STILL considered INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty.
516189
haha\n\nMaybe they should have tried hanging him...\nor was he not well hung either?
832462
I totally agree. Sometimes i think maybe it would be good to make them sit their whole life and rot . If i had my choice, i would make the person stay alive so every day they can think about the choice they made! The death penalty seems to be a cop out. But others days my opinion changes...
423022
I don't think they should be done in front of the public. I know public execution is seen as a deterrent by some, but the media covers executions thoroughly enough that we all know that that notorious killer got it today, etc. I am against it being televised because it is a serious matter, and not particularly pleasant; but also because it should not be given an opportunity to become entertainment. We don't need reality shows about criminals's lives and demises. That's risking a reawakening of Rome's Coliseum. Criminals lose their rights and privledges when committing such crimes as receive a death sentence, and shouldn't warrant more than factual air time as notoriety is sometimes what they seek. The public needs to know that the person was caught, and brought to debatable justice, not all of the gory details.\n\nAfter reading other responses, I feel compelled to say that the death penalty, while a sentence of judgment, is meant to be the difficult decision that someone cannot be rehabilitated and is a permanent menace/threat to others. It is meant to protect others from the criminal; it is not punishment at that point, like it is with prison time. Cruel and unusual punishment is banned so we don't have citizens reveling in the torture of others. Judges' roles are to show neither mercy nor contempt, but to be objective in  balancing justice. It is base and savage to seek vengeance in cruelty and abuse to criminals, no matter the nature of their crimes. In carrying out such a sentence, justice is best served by a quick, clean extermination.
629045
They should absolutely be charged. It should also be a felony with prison time implimented.
838802
Yes for the death penalty.!!!\nMurder,Rape,Kidnapping.!!!\nHang them all, that way criminals can learn to respect the rights of others.!!!
101400
Small scale criminals, yes, I think that would be a worthwhile idea.  However, I would wonder how many of them would fulfill their committment.\nThe idea of the military being professional is true, and there are certain requirements that must be met.  I see no reason why these individuals couldn't get the education, etc that they need to serve while serving prison time.
752704
As evil as it makes me sound...I agree with you.  I really think we should take any and all repeat offenders and put them on an island and let them kill eachother.  It'd be cheaper and less labor intensive than rehabilitation or the death penalty.  No matter what, I don't think these individuals shoud be allowed to live, it's just a waste of money and a threat to society.\nAs far as the mentally handicapped, I agree.  I think it's really a part of natural selection and evolution.  These people are the weaker links, and you're right, in nature they would be picked off, so why do we waste so much money and resources trying to let them live when most of them don't have the mental capacity to recognize what we're doing.  \nSo, I agree that it would be logical to put these people down.  However, ethically I think most people would have a problem with what esentially boils down to murder... if only everyone else bothered to think like us
898891
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.