I'm in two minds about this...
I live in a country without the death penalty, but I believe that murderers deserve to die.
My indecision rests on the following points:
* Against: They could be put in a prison where they should be made to suffer punishment worse than death. (i.e. conditions so bad that the sole purpose of the guards would be to prevent the prisoners from taking the easy way out by killing themselves)
* For: Keeping someone in prison for the rest of their life is a massive cost to the state. Our tax money, which could be better spent elsewhere.
I believe the ideal solution lies in a combination of the two:
Murders (and ideally rapists too) should be put in the type of prison mentioned above for a few years (lets say 10) during which they should be forced to work in order to pay off their cost to the state/government, after which they are to be executed.
Is it normal that I'm against the death penalty for literally anyone?
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I'm in two minds about this...
I live in a country without the death penalty, but I believe that murderers deserve to die.
My indecision rests on the following points:
* Against: They could be put in a prison where they should be made to suffer punishment worse than death. (i.e. conditions so bad that the sole purpose of the guards would be to prevent the prisoners from taking the easy way out by killing themselves)
* For: Keeping someone in prison for the rest of their life is a massive cost to the state. Our tax money, which could be better spent elsewhere.
I believe the ideal solution lies in a combination of the two:
Murders (and ideally rapists too) should be put in the type of prison mentioned above for a few years (lets say 10) during which they should be forced to work in order to pay off their cost to the state/government, after which they are to be executed.