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He should have never lived this long, had the troops not been disarmed while on base, he would have been worm food in less time than it took to read this.
Well, the monster wanted to meet his maker and it appears he will. But should he be executed? Is it in the domain of the State to take a life, even for mass murder? I say no. What do you think?
Absolutley without a doubt in my mind. Just like a rabid animal, put him down.
We can always count on some people (and often, unfortunately, jurors) who spout this garbaghe: that criminals who commit heinous crimes should "spend the rest of their lives thinking about what they did." Where's the snooze smiley?
Let's consider a few other things they will or might be doing because they won't be marinating in guilt:
-having computer access
-thumbing through porn rags because it's already been established that to deny this is a violation of their rights
-requesting and getting special diets (no "loaf" for those who denounce it)
-bulking up in the gym room
-listening to music
-indoctrinating other inmates
-serving as possible "trades" for terrorist bargaining
-killing guards
-killing other inmates who are dutifully serving their sentences.
He received the death penalty and should be executed. Period.
Not if he does out his time in a supermax prison, as he is now imprisoned. That picture has a typical superman cell, and prisoners are confined in them for 23 hours a day, with none of the stuff that's on your list provided to them. The single hour of the day that they are out of the cell is spent in an outdoor solitary exercise cage.
Everything on your list may be available to prisoners who are incarcerated in state prisons, but the federal supermax prisons have none of that, and he's a federal convict.
Imagine spending a year in that cell. Then try to imagine what 20, 30, 40 years would be like, all spent in the same cell. The only human contact he'll get is the guard who delivers his meals twice a day. He can't talk or communicate with other prisoners in any way, and those cells are both riot and suicide proof.
At his age, and since the federal prisons feed very simple but healthy food in small portions, he could easily live to spend close to 60 years looking at the same walls, staring through that 4 inch slit in the wall. His care is ultra-cheap, as the cell is designed to be cleaned out with a hose from outside the bars.
Execute him and he's a martyr. Imprison him for life, and he's totally forgotten except for his crime.
IMO, yes. I think facing a long lifetime of being confined to a small cell for most of your waking hours would be a more daunting prospect than facing execution. Hasan is a young man who could live another 60 years, and all that time he would be confined and forced to remember why he was where he was.
I was po'd that McVeigh was executed for the OKC bombing. He should have been kept locked up for life with no possibility of parole and left to think about those 168 people he murdered and the many more who were maimed and traumatized by what he did for the next 50 or 60 years.
The death penalty for these kinds of crimes is too quick for these animals. It's not like there's any possibility of any doubt that they were guilty of mass murder.
you were PO'd that, very sadly, you would not get to be the taxpayer footing his lodging and meals bill year after year??
IMO, yes. I think facing a long lifetime of being confined to a small cell for most of your waking hours would be a more daunting prospect than facing execution. Hasan is a young man who could live another 60 years, and all that time he would be confined and forced to remember why he was where he was.
I was po'd that McVeigh was executed for the OKC bombing. He should have been kept locked up for life with no possibility of parole and left to think about those 168 people he murdered and the many more who were maimed and traumatized by what he did for the next 50 or 60 years.
The death penalty for these kinds of crimes is too quick for these animals. It's not like there's any possibility of any doubt that they were guilty of mass murder.
Were you aware that while incarcerated, McVeigh (and some other notorious criminals) received tons of love letters from twisted women and fan mail from some others? They are sent various items such as books, money, and naked pictures of the sender. I personally know this to be a fact. Prison staff have to expend extra manpower hours to sort through that crap and return most of it to the sender.
While prison life is boring, humans can adapt to almost any routine. Given that and the mail notorious criminals receive, it makes prison life somewhat bearable. I'm glad they executed McVeigh.
His care is ultra-cheap, as the cell is designed to be cleaned out with a hose from outside the bars.
Execute him and he's a martyr. Imprison him for life, and he's totally forgotten except for his crime.
Those supermax prisons are not cheap, you get economy of scale dealing with larger groups than individuals.
However, I certainly agree with the rest of your post.
A fate worse than death, and as close as we can constitutionally get to cruel and unusual punishment.
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Where's the snooze smiley?
