Quote Originally Posted by MrEmann View Post
I am sure My opinions are going to be laughed at.
I have to admit, your idea of keeping deceased prisoners in a box for the duration of their terms brought a chuckle. All I could envision was Lenin, and wondering just WTF he'd done to deserve HIS fate?

But I don't like that idea, I'll admit. It seems to me to lend an air of martyrdom to the criminal. I can picture people making heroes of them, filing past their boxes and leaving little tokens of respect or something. Or I can see some "right-wing" redneck singling out the guys kids and harassing them because their father's on display like some freak show. No, I say just bury them in a pauper's grave, or better yet cremate them and scatter their ashes. At the prisoner's expense, of course.

I don't think we can be too tough any one one that goes to prison.
I think in some cases they might be too easy on them, but there have to be gradations of punishments, just like there's gradations of crimes. You don't treat some shmuck who got caught selling pot the same as the guy who shoots up a school.

Also I think instead of three strikes and you in, every one gets one chance. Say ya get arrested for theft. Alright you get hauled into court. The rules of society are explained to you. You are asked if you understand the rules of society. You answer yes, and sign a paper stating you understand the rules. You get five years probation, (or whatever society deems is reasonable). You ever get caught again, for any crime what so ever, you go away for life.
I can see someone getting a harsher sentence for a second offense, but I do like the three strikes laws. If you haven't got your shit together after two terms in prison you probably aren't going to.

Also if it were up to Me it would work that way for DUIs. You get caught a second time Loss of license forever. Even stricter if you get caught DUI as a teen driver (i.e. under the age of 21) you lose your license forever. Part of one's driver's education would be drunk driving is against the law. So you would know before you did it, you were breaking the law.
Again, I think that might be too strict, and it shouldn't be so cut and dried. Somebody who just barely blows the limit shouldn't be treated as harshly as someone who's 3 or 4 times over the limit. But in general, I agree: repeat offenders should be treated as felons, and spend time in prison, and lose their licenses.

I'm pretty right wing all things considered.
Well I'm glad you told me! I never would have figured that out for myself!