Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
One other thing, I would ask you not to attribute hare-brained notions to me in order to expose them as unsupportable. I never said no one involved in murders wants the death penalty as revenge and retribution (in fact it seems to me that those who do want it are seeking revenge and retribution), nor did I say relatives would never want a life for a life. What I did say was that a life for a life would not satisfy them, they would yearn for more.
Please explain to me what you mean. If the man is hanging by the neck and he has gone pale in death, then how could the family of the victim then yearn for more? They have had the justice or revenge, and I for one don’t really care if it is revenge or justice, but the murderer is as dead as the person they killed. Get out of your ivory tower MMI and talk with the people in the real world, you might just learn a little about life, and I say that with respect.


Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
I am equally sincere in my beliefs. Some people need to be executed. They are too evil to be allowed to remain alive. And, in my opinion, keeping them alive, feeding them three healthy meals a day, providing them a dry place to sleep, giving them free medical care, etc., is not only a waste of tax dollars, it is an insult to the victims, families, and citizens.
Quite correct too, why feed someone like a battery hen, if at the end of his/her life they will still be unfit for human consumption.