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Originally Posted by Eric
There is no deterrent for murder. Look at all the murders commited in Britain in any given year. (Don't look at the States; because there are just too many  ). How many are actually premeditated? Many of them are what the French would call "Crimes of passion" ... only they would say it in frog  In most cases, the perp and the victim are known to one another. Even mass murders are not "normal", in the sense that the killer is a nutbar. In the States, and maybe in most other Western Nations, many murders fall into the, let's say, "disgruntled postal worker" category. And let's not forget the murders that are a direct result of "The War on Drugs" |
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I'm of the opinion that the ability to commit premeditated murder is innate.
People from all walks of life, social upbringing, parental role models etc... have senselessly killed another human being. So I agree with you, there can be no such thing as an effective deterrent for a person who is amoral enough to commit an act as vile as taking a life.
Should murderers be executed? No..its far too humane, after all it's what we do for our sick animals, (and it wont be too long before we can do it to our sick relatives). As evidence I'll cite Gary Gilmore and more recently Anders Brevik who both pretty much begged to be be executed. Gilmore even went to court to select the method of his own destruction.
Should murderers die behind bars? Yes..it appeases my own 'innate' sense of fair play, even though it galls me to have to pay (via taxes) for them, never to have to worry about keeping a roof over their head, never having to worry about putting food on the table, never having to wait for a doctors/specialists appointment, never having to wait in their dementia ridden old age for a carer to pop in for a few minutes to give them their medication and microwaved ready meal.
But then I think, they are never going to spend a drunken friday night with good mates, a sunday walk in the woods with someone special, a drive round the ring of Kerry, a cruise down the nile, xmas with the family etc..etc.. and I really wouldn't mind my taxes being spent on life meaning life..
without the chance of parole..
ever..