it's not like another life sentence is going to do anything.
That's generally the thought process behind not going balls to the wall on punishment even for the worst criminals and even giving rewards for good behavior.
Because if they've got nothing to lose, there is nothing to stop them from being the most unrepentant monsters possible.
I certainly love the idea of the government, who has our best interest at heart all the time, and our legal system, which is perfect and never subject to bias and emotion, having the ability to swiftly just kill people. What can go wrong?
Also, that's literally the same problem. Once they've committed a crime, they've no longer got anything to lose since you can't kill them twice, so now you've incentivized them to just go balls out on horror while they can.
That’s why there needs to be threat of torture plus execution. Otherwise we go easy on murderers and rapists in order to leave more room for punishment.
That's just masturbatory nonsense for people who are more interested in getting off on the punishment than actually accomplishing anything.
If they are never going to be released, why waste the money keeping them alive so you can jerk off on how much pain they are in? And if they have the possibility of release, then you've literally broken them into being a far worse threat.
It accomplishes little and dehumanizes people. And we don't dehumanize the worst of the worst not for their own sake, but for the sake of ourselves when that system fails. Unless you suddenly think the government and the legal system are perfectly trustable and good natured.
That's generally the thought process behind not going balls to the wall on punishment even for the worst criminals and even giving rewards for good behavior.
Because if they've got nothing to lose, there is nothing to stop them from being the most unrepentant monsters possible.
well swift capital punishment would stop that
I certainly love the idea of the government, who has our best interest at heart all the time, and our legal system, which is perfect and never subject to bias and emotion, having the ability to swiftly just kill people. What can go wrong?
Also, that's literally the same problem. Once they've committed a crime, they've no longer got anything to lose since you can't kill them twice, so now you've incentivized them to just go balls out on horror while they can.
That’s why there needs to be threat of torture plus execution. Otherwise we go easy on murderers and rapists in order to leave more room for punishment.
That's just masturbatory nonsense for people who are more interested in getting off on the punishment than actually accomplishing anything.
If they are never going to be released, why waste the money keeping them alive so you can jerk off on how much pain they are in? And if they have the possibility of release, then you've literally broken them into being a far worse threat.
It accomplishes little and dehumanizes people. And we don't dehumanize the worst of the worst not for their own sake, but for the sake of ourselves when that system fails. Unless you suddenly think the government and the legal system are perfectly trustable and good natured.