@Roger721 Do you know how the conditions are in the prisons of your country? Have you any interesting links to that? Because I can't imagine the criminals can really enjoy their time in prison. Secondly, see that as a guarantee with costs; they stay in prison and can't do any harm. Anyway, as you described it, you don't pay the criminals for being in jail, you pay the family's of the criminals for their economic stability, so you could see that as a social act. I won't deny that it can be bothersome to know that the money you pay is needed because of criminality, but I don't feel like death penalty is the best way out, especially not morally.
@Roger721 Do you know how the conditions are in the prisons of your country? Have you any interesting links to that? Because I can't imagine the criminals can really enjoy their time in prison. Secondly, see that as a guarantee with costs; they stay in prison and can't do any harm. Anyway, as you described it, you don't pay the criminals for being in jail, you pay the family's of the criminals for their economic stability, so you could see that as a social act. I won't deny that it can be bothersome to know that the money you pay is needed because of criminality, but I don't feel like death penalty is the best way out, especially not morally.
Yeah. But our prisons aren't that bad. They do not enjoy, but isn't a torture. Television, free food, free housing: what someone would want besides that.
Plus, imagine that: the guy is a lazy punk. Why we should pay him for help his family if he, himself, can't do it?
At least in American prisons (as far as I know) the inmates PAY for their own food and get a job for that.
And:
"If a murderer didn't had any mercy with it's victim, why shall we? Why keep a monster alive if he did not keep his victim alive?"
"If a murderer didn't had any mercy with it's victim, why shall we? Why keep a monster alive if he did not keep his victim alive?"
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
Sorry, I just thought it fit really well. Anyways I compleatly agree with the quote. Killing a murderer isn't always a good thing. I understand in cases like hitler, he must be stopped. There was no chance for rehabilitation and it had to end as soon as possible. But take something like Mice and Men for example. Everyone wanted to kill lenny. He was just misunderstood and stupid. But it wasn't his fault and he could have changed. He was just never given the help he needed.
supermape123, do you go to the last page of forums and post on the oldest one you can find on purpose? well, if you didn't on purpose or not it's still against the rules. Even worse if it's a 3 year necro. That may be the worst I have ever seen.
Well, to not stay off-topic I have to say that there should be a death penalty. So you think twice before doing a bad crime.
Sorry for the double post but I just noticed something.
[/quote](At least in Brazil) The convicts's family receive money from the government because the criminals are arrested and can't work to help the family![quote]
I live in Brazil and I have never heard of that. I don't think it's true at all. I know a couple of people that got arrested (some by mistake too) and their family never got a cent.
I live in Brazil and I have never heard of that. I don't think it's true at all. I know a couple of people that got arrested (some by mistake too) and their family never got a cent.
I don't have any reliable sources to this, unfortunately. But I saw once on the news about that.
But now you made me think: IF it was by mistake, giving money to the criminal's family would have a point. But a lazy and/or violent punk go to jail and receive money for that is bogus. Getting arrested was supposed to be a punishment, right?
As a matter of fact, I doubt a murderer would give money to it's victim's family...
