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Originally Posted by panther
I think it would be best to put the murderers in jail, not kill them, then they can have their own cell, watch tv, play pool and also have a good time with the rest of the inmates, while the vctims familys can suffer for the rest of there lives!....yes that would be better!!!!
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With respect, you've missed the point. Your (rather unproductively sarcastic) point is not an argument in favour of the death penalty, rather, its an argument against the way our prison system treats its inmates.
You can always make prison a genuinely harsh place - and that means that the judicial system needs to re-assert the notion that should you be convicted of a serious crime that warrants your removal from society, that also means you lose your rights as well - including human rights. The next question, which is just as murky is how far you take that.