Davey Jones
Well-known Member
- Location
- Florida
Now why didnt I think of that.
This piece is from "Letters to the Editor" in a Florida Newspaper.
My own thought is to end capital punishment where the state directs the death sentence, regardless of how it’s carried out. If the sentence is for life without parole, include a provision that after, say, five years of serving such sentence, the prisoner be allowed to die voluntarily by self-induced suicide. View it as the state not rendering the death sentence, but the individual directing his/her death.
Having paid, in part, for a crime committed and being removed from society seems a better solution than keeping the prisoner locked up for 30 or more years at a cost of millions of dollars. For what end, you may ask?
If the prisoner is truly innocent of the charges for which he/she was given the death sentence, there is still the chance this person may somehow be found innocent and set free. It seems to be a win-win situation, rather than retaining the present law.
This piece is from "Letters to the Editor" in a Florida Newspaper.
My own thought is to end capital punishment where the state directs the death sentence, regardless of how it’s carried out. If the sentence is for life without parole, include a provision that after, say, five years of serving such sentence, the prisoner be allowed to die voluntarily by self-induced suicide. View it as the state not rendering the death sentence, but the individual directing his/her death.
Having paid, in part, for a crime committed and being removed from society seems a better solution than keeping the prisoner locked up for 30 or more years at a cost of millions of dollars. For what end, you may ask?
If the prisoner is truly innocent of the charges for which he/she was given the death sentence, there is still the chance this person may somehow be found innocent and set free. It seems to be a win-win situation, rather than retaining the present law.