Casey Anthony, OJ Simpson?
Yeah, who cares if a court decided that there was reasonable doubt about their guilt. We, the gods of justice, can just
see that they're guilty.
Torture was never mentioned. Clean kill is the way to go.
If not outright killing the person then life sentences should be harsh. The only punishment that can be compared to the death penalty, in my mind, would be to rob a person of their ability to think. Maybe through medication that dopes them and takes away all that they were and are or something. Destroy a person's mind, and they may as well be dead and therefore it's the only thing you can compare to death. Anything else, allowing them to think, ponder and wonder, dream and fantasise, experience any kind of visceral pleasure...is and will always be preferable to death.
When a kid does something stupid that deserves punishment, would you rather have a stern talk and send them to their room where they can relax, play with their toys and even contact their friends, all the while being angry at you without even a single thought about why they were punished? Or would it be best to switch their bottom and be done with it.
Personally, switching would dissuade me from doing stupid shit far more than a little stay in my room, a few harsh words and no dessert.
I don't think "switching" their bottom would be such a good idea since it sends a message that violence is the answer to all their problems. I mean, I'm sure it works great until they're old enough to start hitting people for themselves.
And how the heck is this analagous to the death penalty? I'm pretty sure virtually every study conducted has shown that the death penalty is not a deterrent (since murderers generally either don't think too much about the consequences of their actions or really don't think they'll get caught).
Seriously, pull the word justice out of like 99% of sentences and put revenge in it's place, and am I the only one that's noticed you get the exact same intent and meaning?
Uh... no, unless you have a hideously warped view of justice it doesn't.
"Justice makes sure that petty criminals can be rehabilitated"
"Revenge makes sure that... uh, wait"
As I said, there are 3 very good non-revenge reasons (rehabilitation, prevention and deterrence) to have justice. In my opinion revenge just interferes with those.