#12: David Metcalfe - Re: why

Death is humane, i hope your research concluded how many people in the american system wrongly get put on death row every year, our desire for revenge under the guise of 'justice' clouds our objective moral judgement, the problem of inpartial due process an in inperfect system. This is why we have Human Rights, because persons needs protection from states, which are inperfect. I know how much the system costs, i know the recidivism rate, i understand the failures of reform. Do you know the total cost of unpaid corporation tax, if we collected all that would the cost of a life matter more as it is not being 'paid for' by you, is the cost of social security to high for you too, should we counterpose that to human life or detract the huge cost of our military intevention, should re also reclaim the cost of foreign aid?

Is your motivation cost or vengance, because it is not the 'criminals' waisting money, but the government. Maybe you shoud focus your moral guise on the concept of harm, and the attempt to reduce it. Yes Reform Justice, but no to handing away our humanity - murder cannot redeem murder -

What would I do? Spend more to support victims and their families, to repare bonds, fix psyhological suffering to allow them to regain their strengh, allow them to forget the offender, and gain closure. And model our prison system on a scandanavian model, teach criminals humanity, and to be moral.

I can find no redemtion in murder, or a socierty of murderers. Give me the strengh to help others, not redeem murder in their wake.

#13: heart and mind - Re: Re: why

Our morals and humanity were taken away when we joined the EU without a Referendum. You can spend all the money you like on repairing the psychological damage to victims families, but what about the victims themselves who are cruelly taken away? Every time there is a child killed by a Peadophile or a Terrorist plants a bomb and kills innocent people you always hear the same outcry ' They should be hanged!' In my opinion i don't think that it's murder of a Murderer, but life for a life! What right do they have once they have committed such an awful crime, none whatsoever. The current government is the main reason why crimes like this are happening because they are too soft, bring back Capital Punishment and tougher laws and offenders will think twice! And yes we do pay for Prisoners welfare inside where else do you think the money comes from? This country has been too soft for far too long and now is the time to say enough is enough!!