Quote Originally Posted by LegalizeTheGreen
Honestly, I think they should have really bad stuff happen to these people, but lets lock em up and throw away the key. We can start releasing cannabis offender to make room for em
I agree. The prison members will do such a better job of punishment than any lethal injection could. Lots of pedophiles in prison end up dead one way or another, and it wasnt so easy as getting a needle...I think that may be punishment enough.
I am pretty split on the death penalty issue. On one hand, for sex crimes against kids, or brutal murders, like serial killing - i am for the death penalty. On the other hand, it kind of seems like the easy way out, no? Personally I think it would be best if they sat on death row for like 20 years...just waiting and thinking that they were gonna die. That will fuck with someone's mind. But then you have to fund for him to keep the steel bench warm...which defeats the purpose.
But if they only have to wait a few months and are then put out of their misery, how does that bring any sort of good to the situation. Sure, he is off the street and can't harm people, and the family rests better knowing that the man is dead and won't do what he did again...but will it fix that child? mentally? physically? probably not. He/she will need extensive therapy, for many aspects of life can trigger mental recollections...or even a later romantic encounter can be unpleasant, because it also triggers thoughts.

We need to stop worrying about the offender so much, and think of the child. What measures are we adjusting to ensure the best recovery of a child who's been traumatized like this??? I say stop worrying so much about what happens to the sicko, and start worrying about helping the child. Lots of times the child grows up to have a lot of problems...the best thing we could do is ensure he/she gets to lead as normal a life as possible, so at least the sick fuck didn't take that away from them too.