Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Actually, in this case he had not yet gone to trial but was being held pending trial. The example was only to show that prison is not necessarily a safe punishment. As for execution, no, I do not propose bringing back hanging for minor offenses. But there have been some cases recently where I honestly wouldn't mind seeing them institute public crucifixions for some criminals.
Now you're alarming me. You don't know for certain this man is guilty, yet because he is charged with a most heinous crime, you consider it better that he be executed summarily - possibly crucified (which is one of the worst possible ways of dying, and probably unconstitutional, being "cruel and unusual") - rather than run the risk of him escaping before trial.

Maybe he fled because he knows he has hundreds of unpaid parking tickets. (That is flippant, but I said it demonstrate that you can't even assume guilt when a person escapes from custody.) It seems to me that you've turned the Blackstone Ratio on its head: better that ten innocents suffer than that one guilty person escapes.

TYWD