Originally Posted by rincewind

They should be fully conscious during the procedure and be made to feel all the pain imaginable.

If somebody takes another’s life, why the hell should they be treated humanly and have rights them selves? Poor, poor prisoner

Originally Posted by UKintheUSA

My sentiments exactly! One of my employees friends (he didn't know what a psycho he was) recently molested and killed his sister and her two small children....In an hour her poor husband lost his entire family, a mother lost her daughter and two grandchildren. Now do you really think we should treat this MONSTER humanely? He is now in prison in Concord NH where my best friends husband is a prison guard. Do you know these idiots are given prime rib, lobsters and feel they have RIGHTS? They have tv's, stereos, dvd players, etc..............make things in the craft shop and SELL THEM for a PROFIT for themselves. Give me a break. Whatever happened to bread and water and paying the coonsequences for ones own actions. I am a very caring and humane person, but when someone like this does something, we, the taxpayers pay for it. I say they should suffer greatly. Sorry, but this is my opinion.

Originally Posted by Bob

Thing is...not everyone is a monster that is on death row and people forget that...
Sure there are right evil people out there, but not everyone that is up for murder is evil...there's gangland killings, not the nicest of people, but they aren't the same as a tiddy fiddler that kills a family...nor maybe someone that's caught there spouse having it off with a best mate that goes on to kill either one a complete monster...

Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel

ah but bob would the people in circumstances you mentioned even find themselves on death row?? Probably not....

I'd say if a person found themselves on death row because they were without a doubt guilty for a heinous crime..then i say fry the bugger.....i don't care how to be honest just do it fast...inmates on death row for 20+ years is a sad joke at the tax-payers expense

Originally Posted by IluvAbrit

'cept some people aren't...................fixable (for lack of better words)

Originally Posted by welykuk

The thing is were they unfixable at birth? and if not then shouldn't we be trying to stop them getting broken in the first place. Rather than punishing them for something that may not have been entirely their fault.

Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel

you're right ..if only the bleeding hearts would fight for the rights of poor unloved, abused children rather than the rights of murders and criminals

Originally Posted by welykuk

The thing is were they unfixable at birth? and if not then shouldn't we be trying to stop them getting broken in the first place. Rather than punishing them for something that may not have been entirely their fault.

Originally Posted by welykuk

write off everyone already on death row - just kill them and say we're going to do better in future

Originally Posted by welykuk

Whats needed is one of those line in the sand type arangements where we write off everyone already on death row - just kill them and say we're going to do better in future and then spend all the money that would have been spent apealling their cases and feeding them etc on better family support and then see if 20 years later anything has improved.

Originally Posted by rincewind

No every person fits the same mold. You can't say that everyone in a certain "social" mold will turn about to be on Death Row later on in life.]

Agreed, but happy people are less likely to feel the need to interfere with others lives so if we can help people be happier then there would probably be less anti-social behaviour

[Some people can't be fixed, hence the term "repeat offender."

Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel

I've the feeling you're being sarcastic...but i think that's the best idea I've heard yet!

Originally Posted by welykuk

My point was imo people aren't born evil, once you've got an offender fixing that can be very difficult hence the repeating pattern but if we could find a way of preventing the first offence we'd have less problems all round.

Originally Posted by robskatie

Dr Phil did a show not too long ago...

Originally Posted by fatbrit

Please!!!
Dr Phil is entertainment and ABSOLUTELY nothing else!!!