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 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.