how would you handle this

[BabySnookums]

This appalling story made me physically sick. I cannot abide such cruelty. And cannot understand it in any way.

I live in the suburb north of Dallas where Dena Schlosser, the crazy-religious woman with post-partum psychosis, cut the arms off her 10-month-old baby and let it bleed to death. The woman was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Yet she was guilty. That case still sickens me, too. It didn't have to happen, as the microwave case didn't, either. I don't know what the appropriate punishment is in these cases. The angry, vindictive part of me wants to microwave them to death or cut their arms off in return. But I'm certain that's probably not the correct answer justice-wise.

ooooooooooooh god i remember that one....that made me just freak the hell out...i've heard of people doing some fucked up shit to kids...(which is still wrong as hell) but god...where'd she get that idea? how can peoples minds function like that?

what always got me though is i'd lay awake wondering HOW she cut em off...either way the kid suffered and bled to death...but i'm wondering if she fwacked em off quick-like...or "sawed away" at the poor things arms for awhile (cuz then the kid would've suffered more)

these people aren't getting what the deserve. i mean, yes...they're insane...but so the fuck what? they still did the crime. i've thought about doing some fucked up shit (i.e. punching a cop...i have anger and pig issues :P) so does that mean (since i do have mental issues and am on medicine) that i could punch the shit outta a cop and plead insanity? fuck no....why should other people be any different?

[friendowl]

what always got me though is i'd lay awake wondering HOW she cut em off...either way the kid suffered and bled to death...but i'm wondering if she fwacked em off quick-like...or "sawed away" at the poor things arms for awhile (cuz then the kid would've suffered more

i started picturing your words and damn
i had to stop thinking about that shit.....fucking hoorrible

[BabySnookums]

Hey Fengzi, Are you sure it was FEAR of capital punishment that made the streets of the city you were in safer? Were there other viables, for instance how much exposure to other violent stimuli did these people have, what was their economic and social problems?

I have walked the streets of Amsterdam, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal at 2 AM and I was not frightened in the least but I would NEVER walk the streets alone in NY, LA, Detroit <----OMG or how about Little Rock, Arkansas at night! or most any US city. I think I'd have to see research that proves these people were deterred by fear of capital punishment before I would beleive it there are too many civilized countries with no death penalty and extremely low murder rates. My gosh even Melbourne and Sydney are safe and they are HUGE cities why are they not free for alls for the evil people with no death sentence to worry about?

too many gangs and crackheads there...i wouldn't be caught on those streets alone...day OR night lol

[MastaChronic]

too many gangs and crackheads there...i wouldn't be caught on those streets alone...day OR night lol

i try not to be on the streets alone where i live either. i'll do it, but i carry a little assurance in my back pocket just in case some crack head comes up and says "gooogly booglah stab me" so i can ablidge

[Fengzi]

In addition to BlueCat's points. This has been studied and debated ad nausem but what they always find is that capital punishment is not a deterent in the US. Great, maybe things worked better over in China, but unless you're suggesting we "streamline" the justice system, guilty parties still have a number of rights and protections (chances to appeal, etc). It costs the taxpayers more to execute an individual than to put him away for life.

I'd also ask you how many of those people who 'disappear' are guilty of the crimes they're convicted of? Its pretty easy for a brutal government to rule by fear but maybe it's not a system we should be looking to in order to solve our problems.

I can certainly see why our current system of capital punishment is not a deterent. Not the way it is now structured. But I really wonder if those studies would have the same results if those found guilty were executed within, say, a maximum of one year after being convicted.

Maybe the death penalty is not the answer. I'm not really supporting en eye for an eye. I'm just supporting much harsher punishment for those convicted of violent crimes. Clearly the current system provides little in way of a deterent. Prisoners have the right to do this, the right to do that, etc etc. The hell with that.

Like I mentioned already, a lot of these guys just figure "oh well, if I'm caught I'll do my time and be out in a few years" . People who are considering a violent crime shouldn't think this way. Prison shouldn't be an inconvenience. It should be a living hell that nobody ever wants to experience. No books, no tv, no rights, no nothing. And if my taxes are going to pay for their food they damn sure are going to work for it. They're violent criminals who have willingly hurt another person. I don't give a shit about them.

[BabySnookums]

yeah...this shit was on the news right after i had my son...when i was still all emotional and shit...crying over everything....i had actual nightmares over that news story.... *shudders*

[VoidLivesOn]

No books......really?

[Fengzi]

No books......really?

That's right, no books, no movies, no gambling, and make them wear some device that keeps them from reaching their cock and jerking themselves off. Oh yeah, one more thing, absolutely no blueberry pancakes! Ever!!

[BlueCat]

No blueberry pancakes now that is HARSH!!

[VoidLivesOn]

So that means no blueberry pancake recipe books then too huh?

how about Jesus Camp the MOvie?