Exactly! I agree, and you know that in most cases of "life in prison" would opt to take the easy way out and end their life rather than rot away in prison. It's unfortunate that it costs so much to keep them in prison though. \:
i agree. giving them the option of choosing the death penalty would just be the gateway to legalizing suicide (as far as i know, its still illegal, right?)
i acknowledge that in some cases, the families and loved ones of the victims (unless its a victimless crime) might feel at ease knowing that the criminal no longer exists - but i think that a jail sentence should be, to a degree, a suffering ordeal. because that's how we learn from our mistakes, right?
idk, it's tough to say - but i also think that the punishment should fit the crime.
yeah, i can see both sides. there are some who would rather see the person punished gruesomely rather than live a full life in jail, but at the same time...like you said, then they learn nothing from it and die an unchanged murderer/criminal. the downfall of life in prison is that prison has become somewhat of a luxury...and i use that term loosely. it's not by any means comfortable or anything, but it's free rent, meals, tv, gym, socializing, activities...etc. they don't pay anything...we pay for them. we pay for them to live financially free but not willfully free.
i do agree with that too, that the punishment should fit the crime. it's such a tough topic if you think about it fully like this, haha.
prisons in norway are a joke. they are very comfortable, they can work there and earn money, some prisons are like, remote farms and stuff, and murderers can walk around freely.
and the harshest sentence we have? 21 years. that's it. there's no such thing as multiple life-sentences. we don't even have ONE life sentence. 21 years. and one year in prison here isn't even a full year. it's like, 9 or 10 months? and if you're serving 21 years, you could be out again in like, 10 or 15? depending on the specifics of your sentence. its ridic. and you only get 21 years if you're brutally murdered someone.
but at the same time, if some of the higher criminals were killed instead of allowed to waste federal and state funds on stupid crap and stupid excuses to sue all the time, we could save more money for other things. because my mom works at a prison, it's still astonishing to me exactly how much is wasted on prisoners and their welfare while we have so many people who don't get three square meals a day nor housing, nor healthcare like the prisoners.
everyone says that keeping prisoners alive would be making them suffer, but at the same time, they're living high and mighty up in their cages for all that they are "suffering" for their crimes.
i think prison should go back to being like it used to be. there are so many criminals who have admitted that as soon as they get out of prison they commit a crime just to get put back in. i mean, we as tax payers pay for them to live (like i just said in the comment above) "financially free but not willfully free". that's hardly fair. granted, it's not an ideal setting, but they are also criminals...and even murderers...i don't think they are too worried about having plush bedding and such. just the fact that they get free meals, and live rent free is upsetting.
it's better to be an inmate than homeless basically. guilty, yes...but warm and healthy as well.
exactly. many homeless people commit horrible crimes just to go to prison because of this fact. :( even if they get no privacy in prison, or anything like that. they get about as much as they do on the streets. and i'm sure prisons these days beat freezing on the streets and starving.
seriously, if i ever became homeless without any hope in the world...i would much rather be in prison. \: that's pretty sad. the only problem would be that i wouldn't want to have the heavy weight of a guilty conscience.
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i acknowledge that in some cases, the families and loved ones of the victims (unless its a victimless crime) might feel at ease knowing that the criminal no longer exists - but i think that a jail sentence should be, to a degree, a suffering ordeal. because that's how we learn from our mistakes, right?
idk, it's tough to say - but i also think that the punishment should fit the crime.
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yeah, i can see both sides. there are some who would rather see the person punished gruesomely rather than live a full life in jail, but at the same time...like you said, then they learn nothing from it and die an unchanged murderer/criminal. the downfall of life in prison is that prison has become somewhat of a luxury...and i use that term loosely. it's not by any means comfortable or anything, but it's free rent, meals, tv, gym, socializing, activities...etc. they don't pay anything...we pay for them. we pay for them to live financially free but not willfully free.
i do agree with that too, that the punishment should fit the crime. it's such a tough topic if you think about it fully like this, haha.
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and the harshest sentence we have? 21 years. that's it. there's no such thing as multiple life-sentences. we don't even have ONE life sentence. 21 years. and one year in prison here isn't even a full year. it's like, 9 or 10 months? and if you're serving 21 years, you could be out again in like, 10 or 15? depending on the specifics of your sentence. its ridic. and you only get 21 years if you're brutally murdered someone.
rape is like... not even 10 years, i think. sigh.
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21 years? ...wow. that's so weird that a year isn't a full 12 months. what's the reasoning for that, do you know?
crying, why is the world so unjust?
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this.
but at the same time, if some of the higher criminals were killed instead of allowed to waste federal and state funds on stupid crap and stupid excuses to sue all the time, we could save more money for other things. because my mom works at a prison, it's still astonishing to me exactly how much is wasted on prisoners and their welfare while we have so many people who don't get three square meals a day nor housing, nor healthcare like the prisoners.
everyone says that keeping prisoners alive would be making them suffer, but at the same time, they're living high and mighty up in their cages for all that they are "suffering" for their crimes.
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i think prison should go back to being like it used to be. there are so many criminals who have admitted that as soon as they get out of prison they commit a crime just to get put back in. i mean, we as tax payers pay for them to live (like i just said in the comment above) "financially free but not willfully free". that's hardly fair. granted, it's not an ideal setting, but they are also criminals...and even murderers...i don't think they are too worried about having plush bedding and such. just the fact that they get free meals, and live rent free is upsetting.
it's better to be an inmate than homeless basically. guilty, yes...but warm and healthy as well.
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