Government & Politics

Crime & Punishment

Government & Politics

Posted by: SYD

1st May 2015 06:32pm

Looking at the real punishment given out by our judges, magistrates. The death penalty .Other countries penalties . Do the crime do the time!


Comments 11

stevet
  • 21st Aug 2015 08:23pm

agreed, and they should do it where they commit the crime

afn1960
  • 12th Aug 2015 09:45am

I agree, anyone going overseas knows if they are doing anything Illegal so Yes they suffer the consequences of their actions and their Own country should back off and let the persons do the time for their crime in the country of the Offence.

afn1960
  • 12th Aug 2015 09:45am

I agree, anyone going overseas knows if they are doing anything Illegal so Yes they suffer the consequences of their actions and their Own country should back off and let the persons do the time for their crime in the country of the Offence.

jadedragon
  • 17th Jun 2015 11:44am

Hi SYD,
The only problem I have with death penalty is what if the guilty verdict is incorrect? We're not talking about breaking eggs to make omelettes here, we're talking about real peoples lives here however repugnant their alleged activities and general character may be. The harshest sentence I would want imposed on anyone would be imprisonment for the term of their natural life with no prospect of parole. If the convict sfter sentencing requested euthanasia then that could be provided via lethal injection. Equally since they have been sentenced to prison for life they've got plenty of time on their hands to organise an appeal. If the appeal is upheld and they are in fact innocent of any crime you can always release them and pay compensation, you can't do that to a corpse.

Burnt Out Digger
  • 22nd May 2015 02:49pm

The death penalty is rather barbaric and should only be applied is the most extreme cases. How would one feel if it was one's brother or son being sentenced to death?

carocordo
  • 4th Jun 2015 11:57am
Burnt out Digger makes a valid point. Another valid point:: should we not seek out the causes of theses perpetrations? Tackle the problem at the roots. Do we all agree on where it all starts,...

I agree with you about this - the need is there to better understand what goes wrong in the lives of people who do awful things.
And the belief in rehabilitation is a more humane way to look at prison. The death penalty is indeed barbaric - with death there is no further opportunity for rehabilitation, and where the prisoner has 'seen the light' and realised the impact of their crime, surely that is a thing to be happy about?

why?
  • 1st Jun 2015 01:53pm
The death penalty is rather barbaric and should only be applied is the most extreme cases. How would one feel if it was one's brother or son being sentenced to death?

Burnt out Digger makes a valid point. Another valid point:: should we not seek out the causes of theses perpetrations? Tackle the problem at the roots. Do we all agree on where it all starts, or even think where it starts? It has to be somewhere back in childhood, where we all learn to become what we are today. I think we need more research in that area, where so much gets locked in to what we now are.

Lilmel
  • 21st May 2015 11:47am

I agree. Some need to be looked at though. Different sentences for different people. Its rubbish. E.g. Bali 9 duo - executed, then one of the prison guards on the very island caught drugs and only given 15 years or so. Rubbish.

SYD
  • 24th May 2015 07:15pm
I agree. Some need to be looked at though. Different sentences for different people. Its rubbish. E.g. Bali 9 duo - executed, then one of the prison guards on the very island caught drugs and only...

Ok lets look at those that need the high drop. Terrorists ,if they kill one person, done. Perps like the one that did Port Arthur, done. Any one that kills a cop,done.
Anyone that kills children especially where sex or torture is involved,done.
And just generally a sentence that means something if you get 10 yrs you do 10 yrs
no parole!

silverwolf
  • 6th May 2015 04:05pm

Our abhorrence to death penalty is a reflection on the humanity in the majority of us. But as human nature tends to see and adhere our own qualities and the lack as a reflection of our own. We trust in rehabilitation and a genuine attempt to better oneself as it is the normal trait in most. Christianity brought us the fallacy of redemption. Yet repetitive behavior shows us it is a untruth,especially in child molesters . Is justice really a life sentence for those who been brutalized and constant taps on the wrist for predators. Make the time fit the crime. Repetitive offending in this class equates to ridding us of the problem

SYD
  • 6th May 2015 08:10pm
Our abhorrence to death penalty is a reflection on the humanity in the majority of us. But as human nature tends to see and adhere our own qualities and the lack as a reflection of our own. We...

Hi Silverwolf, Some crimes demand the death penalty, when there is absolutely no doubt of guilt then they do not deserve to continue life on this planet, ie, The murders at Port Arthur by briant, ISIS is another group that fit this rule. Only thing wrong about the last two drug dealers is that it took 10 yrs to carry out! If you knowingly flaunt the laws in another country then you forfeit the right to complain about the result! Child molesters, should be castrated chemically. Why are the rights of the guilty more important than the victims?

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