What Would Be The Appropriate Punishment For A Convicted Child Killer

[Workin_Hard]

Originally Posted by Natsku

Killing them isn't the solution, its not a deterrent to others and its not right in itself, ...

It may or may not serve as a deterrent to others, but it will surely be a deterrent to that person ever harming anyone again.

I disagree with life sentences. If the purpose is to remove a criminal from society, the surest way to do that is to kill them quickly and without remorse.

Mental illness plays no part in it. Those who kill without justifiable cause, and particularly those who kill in a heinous way, should be themselves dispatched without hesitation or opportunity to appeal.

[Kreutz]

Originally Posted by mabel teaberry

You have just read in the paper that someone was hired to watch a small child while the parents were at work. When they came home the child was dead. The toddler had been beaten and tortured. The person who did this was arrested and taken before a court, but due to a "pre-existing" mental illness the child's killer is sentenced to 2 years probation and psychiatric therapy; a slap on the head and a bottle of xanax. While some child abusers and killers go to prison, many do not because of a "latent" mental illness defense. Do you believe this is fair? Do you believe that an insanity defense is justifiable? What if the killer was just.....mean? What if it was your child?

Deploy them to ISIS territories to thin the terrorist larvae.