tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post6110018647051294386..comments2024-03-11T07:41:19.149-04:00Comments on The Perfect Substitute: Capital Punishment for RapistsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-78028326463900366652008-06-26T20:11:00.000-04:002008-06-26T20:11:00.000-04:00Apart from the terrifying slippery slope that capi...Apart from the terrifying slippery slope that capital punishment for non-capital offenses opens up, is anybody else finding the language being used by pro-capital people astoundingly offensive towards the victims? One Louisiana prosecutor said that child rape is worse than murder because it "kills [the victim's] soul". Excuse me? It's bad enough to have such a thing happen to you, but to then have people saying you're soulless and better off dead because of it? Who's side is that prosecutor on, anyway? What is wrong with these people, that they'll throw away a victimized child as a lost cause, just to further justify their own anger?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-72052198488471987182008-06-26T18:58:00.000-04:002008-06-26T18:58:00.000-04:00It should not hurt to be a child. I don't disagre...It should not hurt to be a child. I don't disagree with the death penalty or even public hanging for pediphiles. If the courts think that the punishment does not fit the crime why not life in prison. There are plenty of individuals in prison that are there unjustly; put the people there that deserve it. <BR/><BR/>Wonder why children have so much trouble functioning in school or life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-17127132577876430712008-06-26T18:44:00.000-04:002008-06-26T18:44:00.000-04:00Maybe some of these rapists will be afraid of exec...Maybe some of these rapists will be afraid of execution and will stop committing these crimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-27998020298062221042008-06-26T18:41:00.000-04:002008-06-26T18:41:00.000-04:00They deserve what they will get in prison.They deserve what they will get in prison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-86864310551876703882008-06-26T18:34:00.000-04:002008-06-26T18:34:00.000-04:00Glad the US isn't becoming like China. Killing peo...Glad the US isn't becoming like China. Killing people for less then taking someone's life doesn't sound like justice. Revenge is what that law amounts to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-76031800338771589422008-06-26T16:50:00.000-04:002008-06-26T16:50:00.000-04:00Something being overlooked, is the added burden it...Something being overlooked, is the added burden it will place upon a child "knowing" they were responsible for someone's death. <BR/><BR/>Also children will be far less likely to tell anyone, if they know "Daddy or Uncle" et cetera, will be put to death if they do speak up. Image giving pedophiles an additional weapon to threaten children with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-33743221119654646122008-06-26T16:46:00.000-04:002008-06-26T16:46:00.000-04:00One thing that never gets brought up in cases like...One thing that never gets brought up in cases like this is the number of people who are wrongfully convicted.<BR/><BR/>Every year we see people freed after years behind bars because of new evidence such as DNA that exonerates them.<BR/><BR/>Do we really want a state that will invariably put innocent people to death?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-27289394465574380432008-06-26T16:29:00.000-04:002008-06-26T16:29:00.000-04:00Very dumb idea. Lawmakers are doing their best to ...Very dumb idea. Lawmakers are doing their best to ensure that child rapists have the incentive to become child murderers... If child rape becomes punishable by death, the incentive will be there to kill the child as well, leaving fewer witnesses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-70029454809591266732008-06-26T16:25:00.000-04:002008-06-26T16:25:00.000-04:00Supposedly, there is little love in prison for tho...Supposedly, there is little love in prison for those that molest children. While the State may not be able to hand out a death sentence in these cases, the perpetrator's prison mates will probably quickly remedy that situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com