I am a hardliner on crime and punishment.
My solution to the death penalty is this......give someone a life sentence, their time is served in isolation with no frillls and I do mean no frills, if they complain (or not) offer them a pill with their gruel EVERYDAY.....if they take it, they will peacefully fall off to sleep and die. If they forego it, they can continue to live in a no frills enviornment, meant as punishment, for the rest of their life. This gives them the choice to continue to live (and be punished for their crime )or to put an end to their misery.
I also think that plea bargaining, mandanatory sentencing, and some "victimless crimes" (drugs and prostitution,) or unenforceable crimes, (for instance some copyright laws like for copying music on the internet), and the commuting of sentences for lack of space, are bogging down or degrading our criminal justice system. I think the laws we put on the books should be carefully considered and seriously prosecuted and appropriate sentences and fines doled out and served. We really shouldn't have to deal with repeat offenders.
My solution to the death penalty is this......give someone a life sentence, their time is served in isolation with no frillls and I do mean no frills, if they complain (or not) offer them a pill with their gruel EVERYDAY.....if they take it, they will peacefully fall off to sleep and die. If they forego it, they can continue to live in a no frills enviornment, meant as punishment, for the rest of their life. This gives them the choice to continue to live (and be punished for their crime )or to put an end to their misery.
I also think that plea bargaining, mandanatory sentencing, and some "victimless crimes" (drugs and prostitution,) or unenforceable crimes, (for instance some copyright laws like for copying music on the internet), and the commuting of sentences for lack of space, are bogging down or degrading our criminal justice system. I think the laws we put on the books should be carefully considered and seriously prosecuted and appropriate sentences and fines doled out and served. We really shouldn't have to deal with repeat offenders.