saintmichaeldefendthem
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How do you know that? Especially considering most murderers in prison DON'T?Most people in prison for murder never kill again. You can stomp your feet all you want, but there's no moral justification for killing people because you are so sure they will kill again. Even though most don't.Now you're just being repetitive. The pro death people look for some sort of rationalization to mask the fact that they just want to kill people they don't like. But every one of them fails the logic test, and precrime has got to be one of the worst. Normal self defense rules require an imminent threat before lethal force can be applied. Nobody gets away with killing someone because of what they might do. You remind me of ChrisL, wanting to kill non offending pedophiles because she's so sure they're eventually going to molest children. There is no justice in such an assumption.And if they continue to be dangerous behind bars, they can be put in 23 hour solidarity confinement.
Too many people labor under old information about our corrections system. They think homosexual rape and murder are commonplace. That hasn't been true for a long time. Prison reform in the 1990's has drastically reduced violence. They don't just throw a bunch of offenders together and whatever happens, happens. Now they work to isolate the most violent offenders and protect the most vulnerable. Nobody can guarantee anyone won't kill people inside or outside of prison, but we can't just kill people because of what they might do. That's insane.
Wrong.....you cannot guarantee that a murderer sentenced to life in prison will not murder a guard, escape and murder innocent people who cross his path, or get paroled or released by some social justice warrior who thinks the guy is no longer a threat....the list I have posted speak for themselves....you position is untenable.....
We are not killing them because of what they might do....we are killing them for what they have done...murdered an innocent human being....showing that the most basic of our laws will not stop them.....even knowing the consequence for their actions.....
The Catholic Church's wisdom on this is illuminating. Unless it's necessary to kill, a just society works to defend all life, even evil people.
They have committed murder........what part of that is failing to get through to you.........these people have committed murder..they are not bank robbers, forgers, or even pedophiles.......and there is no way you can keep them from killing again...even on 23 hour lockdown...........the death penalty guarantees they will never kill again....having earned the death penalty for taking an innocent life....
And your anecdotes reek of desperation to buttress a failing argument.
Sorry...you are the one who made the false argument to make a point, not me......they have taken a life...they do not deserve to keep theirs......and by taking theirs we save other lives.....
And what you think they deserve is a moral judgment, not a rational argument. The CCC says to leave that up to God for judgment.
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