Thread: Corruption In Latin America

Doesn't matter. It shouldn't even be on the table. Authoritarianism is like a cancer and the thrill of the kill is like a drug high. First it's premeditated murderers, now its rapists, pedophiles and drug dealers. This is how you become a Sharia Law State. What next? Gays, transgenders, adulterers, drunk drivers, political opponents, anyone else you don't like? Sure, why not?

The cost of prisons is expensive, we know that. We currently have 2.3 million people incarcerated in the US. That's state, county, city, federal, Indian Reservations, immigration detention, and military. 800,000 of those are non-violent drug charges, over 1/3. End the War on Drugs and set these people free so we can afford to keep the killers in jail until they die or if there was mistake and an erroneous conviction, they can be freed.

Originally Posted by Judy

Doesn't matter. It shouldn't even be on the table. Authoritarianism is like a cancer and the thrill of the kill is like a drug high. First it's premeditated murderers, now its rapists, pedophiles and drug dealers. This is how you become a Sharia Law State. What next? Gays, transgenders, adulterers, drunk drivers, political opponents, anyone else you don't like? Sure, why not?

The cost of prisons is expensive, we know that. We currently have 2.3 million people incarcerated in the US. That's state, county, city, federal, Indian Reservations, immigration detention, and military.

So with drugs, it's about saving money, but endless imprisonment, money is not to be considered. You seem to subscribe to the slippery-slope philosophy where executing a guilty person for murder will lead to Sharia Law.

Originally Posted by Judy

800,000 of those are non-violent drug charges, over 1/3. End the War on Drugs and set these people free so we can afford to keep the killers in jail until they die

And with the legalized drugs widely available, and rehab widely available, that can be 2,400,000 non-violent addicts out there.

Originally Posted by Judy

or if there was mistake and an erroneous conviction, they can be freed.

When there is incontrovertible evidence of a murder, I feel execution is appropriate. If there is possible doubt, then life. Unfortunately, under our current laws, if you get life, you get life unless you have finances for an appeal. If you get death, you get an automatic appeal. So many innocent will never get out.

I know all the arguments pro and con and have known them since I was kid and had to debate the issue. I'm against the death penalty, not for religious reasons, not for sympathy, it's political philosophy and how I believe our government should be restricted. I realize a lot of people support the death penalty and I don't think less of someone who does. It's just a difference of opinion.