I think we should go back to public hangings. That way the criminal could be paraded out in the streets for everyone to see. That would set an example to everyone - "Don't (insert really bad crime here) or you'll be next."
I think we should go back to public hangings. That way the criminal could be paraded out in the streets for everyone to see. That would set an example to everyone - "Don't (insert really bad crime here) or you'll be next."
hahahahaha...i wouldn't complain...i wouldn't support it but you know
For sure..but then that REALLY violates the 8th amendment.
Depends how you would define cruel i agree with you but i can see how some people might not also would the crime plumeting make up for the "violation"?
Electric chair isn't necessarily instantaeneous death, actually. It's more appropriate to say two or three minutes.
If the US went back to that kind of punishment, the crime rate would plummet.
I'd put money on saying it wouldn't. There's a very big "it could happen to anybody except me" mentality going on, particularly in those who have a propensity to criminal behavior.
In general I'm not a huge fan of the death penalty due to the gross imperfections of the legal system- in the context of, say, America, I would argue that this in fact tends to perpetuate certain social injustices.
However elsewhere, I can think of places where the death penalty may be appropriate. Consider the case of the Bali Bombers- if I were to weigh up between continued hype and exposure of separatist sentiment to sympathetic elements within the Indonesian media as they languished in prison, or cut that off short and make them immediate martyrs while they mouth off right until the moment they died, I would support (as happened), their speedy execution.
Depends how you would define cruel i agree with you but i can see how some people might not also would the crime plumeting make up for the "violation"?
Chopping-off a hand is cruel and UNUSUAL.
8th amendment.
The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments. The phrases employed are taken from the English Bill of Rights of 1689. In Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962), the Supreme Court of the United States said that the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause is applicable to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court has not explicitly ruled on whether the Excessive Bail and Excessive Fines Clauses apply to the states.
