One related to the joke thread controversy

[JimmyHAD]

I think most anyone capable of reason would think twice about committing murder if they knew the consequence should they get caught would be life in "The Box"

Most anyone would think twice about committing murder .... thank God ! It is those who don't and those who do but do it anyway that we are concerned with. Personally I wouldn't commit murder if I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would get away with it. I wouldn't want to have to live with it on my conscience. IMO and IME that is the difference between those who deserve the ultimate penalty.

One guy I knew beat a fellow to death with a cue ball in a bar fight. He did seven years. He didn't plan on killing the guy or going that far and I don't think he should have gotten the death penalty. Whether seven years was enough is debatable but it was the state's penalty.

The two guys I mentioned earlier who killed the three women in a robbery don't deserve to go on living no matter what their circumstances IMO. 'People', and I use the term advisedly' like the BTK killer, Bundy, Gacy more so. For me whether it is a deterrent or not is not an issue. It is about societal retribution.

[ChrisL]

Most anyone would think twice about committing murder .... thank God ! It is those who don't and those who do but do it anyway that we are concerned with. Personally I wouldn't commit murder if I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would get away with it. I wouldn't want to have to live with it on my conscience. IMO and IME that is the difference between those who deserve the ultimate penalty.

One guy I knew beat a fellow to death with a cue ball in a bar fight. He did seven years. He didn't plan on killing the guy or going that far and I don't think he should have gotten the death penalty. Whether seven years was enough is debatable but it was the state's penalty.

The two guys I mentioned earlier who killed the three women in a robbery don't deserve to go on living no matter what their circumstances IMO. 'People', and I use the term advisedly' like the BTK killer, Bundy, Gacy more so. For me whether it is a deterrent or not is not an issue. It is about societal retribution.

That sums it up for me as well. You've got to live in your own skin while alive on this planet.

Chris L