Would like to start this off by saying I am in full support of the death penalty. What really bugs me is groups against it. They say it's cruel. Really? Well, you know what else was cruel? The senseless violent killing of the murderer's victims.
This lethal injection business really bugs me as well. It is very expensive, the drugs are in short supply, and it is about as peaceful a death as one can ask for. Why do we worry about their comfort. I'd prefer the method of death be chosen by the victim's family, but that won't happen. I say we do bring back hanging though. Nobody fears lethal injection, but I think seeing some people swining on the gallows would scare off your average thug from shooting that convenience store clerk.
And on the note of your average thug, we are much too conservative in administering the death penalty. Violent murders during robberies, rapes, home invasions, and the like should warrant the death penalty more often than not. What good does it do to lock them up for life? Or even worse, let them out in 30 years. Older, nothing to lose, desperate, and without career skills. I smell a repeat offender. They had no mercy for their victims so why do we insist on treating them with the utmost of care?
Excuse me if I offend the bleeding hearts or come off as a bit too blood-thirsty, but I am tired of the system wasting money and time going easy on scum.
This lethal injection business really bugs me as well. It is very expensive, the drugs are in short supply, and it is about as peaceful a death as one can ask for. Why do we worry about their comfort. I'd prefer the method of death be chosen by the victim's family, but that won't happen. I say we do bring back hanging though. Nobody fears lethal injection, but I think seeing some people swining on the gallows would scare off your average thug from shooting that convenience store clerk.
And on the note of your average thug, we are much too conservative in administering the death penalty. Violent murders during robberies, rapes, home invasions, and the like should warrant the death penalty more often than not. What good does it do to lock them up for life? Or even worse, let them out in 30 years. Older, nothing to lose, desperate, and without career skills. I smell a repeat offender. They had no mercy for their victims so why do we insist on treating them with the utmost of care?
Excuse me if I offend the bleeding hearts or come off as a bit too blood-thirsty, but I am tired of the system wasting money and time going easy on scum.