I support the death penalty.
Perhaps even make it a public thing, as an example to others. (Then again, I may just be a sadist.
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Some might argue that it may not dissuade people from crime, but it will eliminate those who did it.
I believe that if you can do it once, you can sure as hell do it again, so why not cut them down instead of wasting effort/money/manpower by trying to imprison them and have psychologists work with them in the vain attempt to change their ways? It's far cheaper to put a bullet through their head than have them rot in a cell for 25 years, during which all they could do was think about those that imprisoned them, and finally release them because they "have found Jesus, no more crime. K lol?". Then everyone bitches and moans when that same criminal starts killing/raping/stealing again.
Alternatively, the crimeboss bigshot sits for 5 years because lolmoney/lolconnections/lolnotenoughevidence after which they go back to their "business" as if nothing happened.
Wouldn't it just be best to eliminate the cancerous element as soon as discovered, before it has time to grow?
Call it inhumane and cruel, but it's effective.
As for the occasional innocent? It's a small price to pay in my opinion.
Say what you want, but a police-state/totalitarian government a la Deus Ex would not be
that bad.