prison sentences...

[Nochowderforyou]

A "life" sentence here means 25 years. It is life though, literally. They will never find a career when they get out, their record and rep. will forever be ruined, and 25 years is a long time. Imagine if you went when you were 20, and you got out at 45. That, along with a forever tainted record, is literally having everything in your life, taken away from you.

But I see what you're saying. Giving someone 125 years seems so silly.

Another thing is keeping them alive all that time too. Us, the taxpayers, are paying to have them stay alive by having a roof over their head, food daily, cable TV, at no expense to them. It's pointless keeping someone alive for that long, just for them to serve no purpose to society, and have them die in the end, giving nothing back.

Spend $100 on a 9mm, get a bullet, done.

[ATrain]

In Canada it is different I think. You hear people getting convicted of vicious crimes and they get "life in prison" and are out in 7-12 years :wtf:

Are people in support of the death penalty?

[Nochowderforyou]

In Canada it is different I think. You hear people getting convicted of vicious crimes and they get "life in prison" and are out in 7-12 years :wtf:

Are people in support of the death penalty?

Yeah man. The court system is total BS here. Our judges are just too nice. For example: Back home about 3 years ago now, a 16 year old kid got stabbed to death by a fellow student over a dispute of $60 that one owed. Things got heated and the kid got fatally stabbed. Very sad. This 16 year old kid goes to court, and all he gets is 8 months in juvi., and 2 years probation. Over $60.

Another example. In Edmonton this middle aged man got into a dispute with 3kids under the ages of 18 on a bus. This man ends up getting beat to death and the kids in the end, are released on bail. The judge said, "they are minors, it was an isolated incident, and they will not liekly offend again."

People are just too nice here. I support the death penalty 100%. It is pointless to keep killers and perverts who are in their till they die, to keep them alive on our dime. Kill them. Blow their heads off, I don't give a shit, but why keep them alive when they serve no useful purpose to us?

I say if we are keeping them alive, put them to work and give them some labour outside of the prison.

[Iplaybass182]

Just wanted to state my opinion. I support the death penalty for perverts like rapist and molestors, and unjust murders. But I am afraid that with our fucked up justice system it will be abused and you will see people who were defending themselfs or property getting the sentence. Such as the homeowner that got sued for a criminal hurting themself in the proccess of robbing them. I could see someone shooting a bugarlar and being sentenced. And an even worse case I could see a dealer getting it. Hey for all we know Marc Emery could.

[thcbongman]

I think prison sentences in general are way too stringent. For 1st and 2nd degree murders and molesters, it's good enough to have life sentences with no possibility for parole. I don't believe in the death penalty, people have to suffer for their crimes. Dying is too easy.

But for crimes that doesn't do any harm to others, such as distributing cocaine, I think 10-25 is way too strict.

[bucknuts1870]

Yea but think of what comes along with running yayo. Illegal guns, murder, extortion, racketeering, plus the countless millions in un-taxed income they incur as a result of distributing cocaine. It is not the most reputable business practice. It is a lot easier to convict someone for drugs, than murder and other things that go along with selling drugs.

Plus look at how destructive yayo can be, especially in crack form.

[420marijuana420]

life in prison is worse than the death penalty anyways, it just costs more to keep them in jail for life, I assume.

[Pipe Dreams]

Well alot of times that someone gets multiple life sentences is for diffrent crimes ex. multiple murders, shit like that.

[iwantFUEGO]

People can be prosecuted for more than one thing at the same time... so if you kill 3 people, you get 3 life sentances... b/c you were tried for each of those people.

Lets say your found innocent for one of those people, then you only get two sentances.

All these things: multiple life sentances; 125 year sentances, are all part of the process and paperwork. The system isnt going to only look at your case and say... "ok we cant give him 3 life's... we'll rethink it and give him something more sensible".

Theres too many pending cases to do that for all of them.

[slipknotpsycho]

^^^ that really doesn't answer my question...

i mean it'd save alot of money and what not to just say ok he's been convicted of plenty enough to stick him in jail, there's no use in retrying him continuously..

i mean we've all seen those people that have multiple life sentences and no ability of parole... so why not just say "he's gonna rot away til he's dead in prison" then waste more money to try them....