Why does MD have a death sentence?

[Ken King]

That's way to deep
I say if there is not a doubt at all kill um

But bring back public hanging,This will detour some of these little tugs that call thereselfs Gangsta's

Eye for a eye Tooth for a tooth Vote for me and I will set you free
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God ,Gun's and guts founded America land of the free

We’ve discussed this elsewhere and one of my favorites was to make it a spectator sport using a gallows 50 or so feet tall and a piano-wire noose at the end of 15 feet of rope. Have the gallows ringed at various ranges and marked off in azimuth and allow betting for where the head first hits the ground. I think it would make a hit on pay-per-view.

 

[Ken King]

Then it would't be prison .. it would be a body farm
Then the Gov would see how much money they could make selling body parts and start framing people to make the bucks.

We know how ruthless the Gov can be don't we

We aren't China yet and as long as Kerry doesn't win we won't be any time soon.

 

[Nickel]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hear that all the time. You can disable the pop up blocker and then turn it back on.

I uninstalled it yesterday, yet every time I click "Return Karma to so and so" I get a little "Pop up window was blocked" message on my status bar.

 

[Penn]

I must agree with Ken on this issue. To those who say we shouldn't have the option to declare who is to die and who is to live, look at it another way:

As a society, we protect ourselves, we police ourselves and we enact laws that spell out a consequence, or punishment for those who would wantonly bring death to the house of a fellow human being.

Since the dawn of the age of man, society has seen fit to "weed out" those who do not take life seriously.

The Old Testament termed it "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth".
The PC crowd and wussy liberals are of another opinion: fine, when someone kills a loved one of theirs, let's hear from them again.

 

[Ken King]

I uninstalled it yesterday, yet every time I click "Return Karma to so and so" I get a little "Pop up window was blocked" message on my status bar.

Sounds like it is still running in a TSR type program.

 

[Nickel]

Sounds like it is still running in a TSR type program.

I don't know what that means. I hate computers.

 

[Penn]

That's way to deep
I say if there is not a doubt at all kill um

But bring back public hanging,This will detour some of these little tugs that call thereselfs Gangsta's

Eye for a eye Tooth for a tooth Vote for me and I will set you free
...........................................................................................
God ,Gun's and guts founded America land of the free

You know what's even funnier about this idea? A few years back, the ACLU brought suit against a prison in Alabama, I think(one of the southern states) for requiring inmates to work on a "chaingang", they called it "cruel and inhuman punishment". Imagine that!

What would they do if we tried to reinstate public hanging?

 

[Ken King]

I don't know what that means. I hate computers.

It means Terminate but Stay Resident. In other words it has probably embedded itself into your browser and will run even though you have uninstalled the program.

 

[Nickel]

It means Terminate but Stay Resident. In other words it has probably embedded itself into your browser and will run even though you have uninstalled the program.

I just realized I have 2 pop up blockers, and uninstalled the one, but not the other. I just changed the settings on the default one. hew: That was close...

 

[Ken King]

I just realized I have 2 pop up blockers, and uninstalled the one, but not the other. I just changed the settings on the default one. hew: That was close...

And thank you, but unfortunately I must spread the wealth before hitting you again.

 

[gumbo]

We’ve discussed this elsewhere and one of my favorites was to make it a spectator sport using a gallows 50 or so feet tall and a piano-wire noose at the end of 15 feet of rope. Have the gallows ringed at various ranges and marked off in azimuth and allow betting for where the head first hits the ground. I think it would make a hit on pay-per-view.

You da man Karma to you dude way to bump

 

[gumbo]

You know what's even funnier about this idea? A few years back, the ACLU brought suit against a prison in Alabama, I think(one of the southern states) for requiring inmates to work on a "chaingang", they called it "cruel and inhuman punishment". Imagine that!

What would they do if we tried to reinstate public hanging?

I got it HANG THEM TOO

Hagerstown was a farm prison that was self supporting.
but nooooooo some folks of color cryed It's slavery.
At least they was tought to do a honest days work
instead of selling crack and there sisters

 

[Tonio]

Since the dawn of the age of man, society has seen fit to "weed out" those who do not take life seriously.

I don't trust society to do that. That typically gets twisted into crusades against political or religous unorthodoxy. One reason I don't believe there should be any orthodoxy when it comes to politics or religion, meaning that institutions shouldn't tell individuals what to think or what to believe.

 

[Tonio]

Instead of the death penalty, I would rather see lifetime solitary incarceration for first-degree murder, with no chance of parole and no interaction with the outside world.

In fact, I want to see all prisons changed to solitary cells. Why allow the prisoners to interact with one another?

 

[BuddyLee]

I'm pretty much for the death penalty in every way, shape and form. If your sent to prison you should be treated as the shun of a society. Very little interaction with your fellow prisoners, eat crap food, no entertainment, no weights. I do think the education aspect should be left alone. Do you want the idiots going into the system coming out more of an idiot than before?

As I said before I'm all for the death penalty. If you are convicted of taking anothers life you should pay the ultimate price your victim paid. You say it is not up to us to judge who should die or not. Was it right for the convicted to judge who he/she murdered?

 

[Penn]

I'm pretty much for the death penalty in every way, shape and form. If your sent to prison you should be treated as the shun of a society. Very little interaction with your fellow prisoners, eat crap food, no entertainment, no weights. I do think the education aspect should be left alone. Do you want the idiots going into the system coming out more of an idiot than before?

As I said before I'm all for the death penalty. If you are convicted of taking anothers life you should pay the ultimate price your victim paid. You say it is not up to us to judge who should die or not. Was it right for the convicted to judge who he/she murdered?

Excellent theorizing, BL!

Your first paragraph holds much meaning, but I don't know if you're aware how true that is:
Many cons, who are in for an extended period of stay, have been alowed into prison libraries, have actually gained the knowledge of a trial lawyer, and attempted to have their cases overturned, claiming evidence that was not presented in a timely manner, or have "invented" evidence, and maybe a few have gained their freedom, because of the loopholes in our criminal laws.

The second paragraph is the old "eye for an eye,..................., but I think it still has meaning.

Today, they say "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time.

 

[Tonio]

Many cons, who are in for an extended period of stay, have been alowed into prison libraries, have actually gained the knowledge of a trial lawyer, and attempted to have their cases overturned, claiming evidence that was not presented in a timely manner, or have "invented" evidence, and maybe a few have gained their freedom, because of the loopholes in our criminal laws.

Why do prisons even have libraries in the first place? My prison design--no common areas, no courtyards, no TVs or books, no cafeteria. You stay in your solitary cell 24-7, and if your crime was first-degree murder, your cell has no windows.

 

[willie]

As long as there are bleeding heart judges, the term 'life without parole' is meaningless.

 

[Warron]

I'm against the death penalty for one simple reason. I feel our criminal justice system is too imperfect to hand out death as a punishment. Too many people have walked off death row after additional evidence was found proving their innocence.

In my opinion, killing an innocent person is murder. It doesn't matter what legal definitions you have in place, how many precautions you take, or how sure you are of their guilt. When you participate in an innocent persons death, you are a murderer.

I'm not willing to excuse societies participation in the deaths of innocent people simple because they make a few laws saying its alright. When someone is dead, its way to late to say your sorry for making a mistake.

 

[Penn]

Why do prisons even have libraries in the first place? My prison design--no common areas, no courtyards, no TVs or books, no cafeteria. You stay in your solitary cell 24-7, and if your crime was first-degree murder, your cell has no windows.

Tonio, in a word it's called rehabilitation.

Not only are cons supposed to be able to learn from the failings of their misgivings - their crimes, they are encouraged to mentally advance themselves with available resources,

Found where, you ask? The Prison Library!

Many cons also have access to PCs, like the one you're operating; no doubt some of the SPAM and junk mail we all receive may be coming from inside prison walls.

Hell, if they can gain the knowledge of a trial lawyer, they can sure obtain the intricate understanding of PC operations!

Kinda scary, huh?