Dalen Wrote:
Z Wrote:
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druucifer Wrote:
it makes sense to look into how to treat these people, since basically all of them get out of prison eventually.
Not if you kill 'em.
for some reason, that's not as effective of a deterrent as you'd think it'd be. i mean, yeah, that person dies, but other people don't get it. i have no idea why not.
i disagree. if we killed every single person that put their disgusting hands on a child in a sexual manner, i think folks would get the point. problem is, this country is full of a bunch of whining little bitches that say "oooh no, don't kill the poor soul, he needs treatment, he can be helped."
fuck that. they need to die. there's no reason they should live on after destroying a child's life, and possibly turning them into the same type of person they were.
do you really think child molesters are thinking about the legal consequences of what they're doing? for deterrence to work, you have to believe there's a harsh punishment, and that you'll be caught. by its very nature, child molestation is the kind of crime few people get caught for (takes place in the home, many victims don't know they're victimized, etc.) in any event, it's a lot more akin to a crime of passion than a calculated, rational crime (like armed robbery)--those types of crimes are extremely difficult to deter no matter how high the penalties.
i think if every state had the death penalty for child molesters, you'd see less convictions. a jury is going to be a lot more squeamish about sending somebody to death (oftentimes based on the testimony of a child) than sending them to prison for a long period of time. not to mention you would be handing child molesters all of the procedural protections we have for people on death row--courts are a hell of a lot more likely to find minor errors harmful in a death penalty case.
the argument isn't "treat, don't punish" it's "punish and treat." being tough on child molesters doesn't mean we can't be smart about it.