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Draco Straybyrn

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Resolved: That a Life Sentence of Jailtime in the United States be replaced with Capital Punishment.

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A life sentence is equivalent to capital punishment in the sense that the victim's free life is permanently over. Either way' date=' the person dies in prison; a life sentence is less merciful and wastes society's resources on sustaining a criminal with no future.

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But the prisoners do non-paying labor.

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Life in prison is more expensive.

 

The only reason CP is so expensive is because we allow appeals. Allow 1 maybe 2. You were found guilty by a jury of your peers. Besides with technology fewer and fewer errors are made. Life in prison means more crowding. It means we pay for their heat and water. We pay for their clothes and food. $1000s of dollars in taxpayers money going to people who can't contribute back. The cost of execution can be lowered too. Cost of the last meal $20. Cost of the doctor $50. Cost of drugs $100. Save money. Buy a used gun or get a military used one. $50. Cost of ammo 100 shots. $20 bucks. put to death 100 prisoners for $70 bucks or less. No doctor is needed. Work off the theory no face on head, no life.

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A life sentence is equivalent to capital punishment in the sense that the victim's free life is permanently over. Either way' date=' the person dies in prison; a life sentence is less merciful and wastes society's resources on sustaining a criminal with no future.

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But the prisoners do non-paying labor.

 

The jobs that prisoners do could easily be given to other people who need a job. And their continued existence is still costing the tax-payers. I say kill them, and kill them quicker.

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But what justifies the "Eye for an eye" method?

 

What doesn't? If a thief wishes to steal, he forfeits his right to have a hand to steal with. If he continues, we cut off his feet, and so on and so forth. Same deal with murder. If one kills, one must expect to be killed in return.

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But what justifies the "Eye for an eye" method?

 

What doesn't? If a thief wishes to steal' date=' he forfeits his right to have a hand to steal with. If he continues, we cut off his feet, and so on and so forth. Same deal with murder. If one kills, one must expect to be killed in return.

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Isn't that the savagery we strive to be above?

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But what justifies the "Eye for an eye" method?

 

What doesn't? If a thief wishes to steal' date=' he forfeits his right to have a hand to steal with. If he continues, we cut off his feet, and so on and so forth. Same deal with murder. If one kills, one must expect to be killed in return.

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Isn't that the savagery we strive to be above?

 

Savagery should be met in kind. Once criminals realize that there are dire consequences to their actions, they will stop doing illegal things.

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But what justifies the "Eye for an eye" method?

 

What doesn't? If a thief wishes to steal' date=' he forfeits his right to have a hand to steal with. If he continues, we cut off his feet, and so on and so forth. Same deal with murder. If one kills, one must expect to be killed in return.

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Isn't that the savagery we strive to be above?

 

Savagery should be met in kind. Once criminals realize that there are dire consequences to their actions, they will stop doing illegal things.

 

That's the equivalent of telling stupid people that if they aren't smart, they're going to get even more stupid.

 

-_-

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But what justifies the "Eye for an eye" method?

 

What doesn't? If a thief wishes to steal' date=' he forfeits his right to have a hand to steal with. If he continues, we cut off his feet, and so on and so forth. Same deal with murder. If one kills, one must expect to be killed in return.

[/quote']

 

Isn't that the savagery we strive to be above?

 

Savagery should be met in kind. Once criminals realize that there are dire consequences to their actions, they will stop doing illegal things.

 

That's the equivalent of telling stupid people that if they aren't smart, they're going to get even more stupid.

 

-_-

 

Are you arguing that criminals don't have free will over their illegal actions?

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But what justifies the "Eye for an eye" method?

 

What doesn't? If a thief wishes to steal' date=' he forfeits his right to have a hand to steal with. If he continues, we cut off his feet, and so on and so forth. Same deal with murder. If one kills, one must expect to be killed in return.

[/quote']

 

Isn't that the savagery we strive to be above?

 

Savagery should be met in kind. Once criminals realize that there are dire consequences to their actions, they will stop doing illegal things.

 

That's the equivalent of telling stupid people that if they aren't smart, they're going to get even more stupid.

 

-_-

 

Are you arguing that criminals don't have free will over their illegal actions?

 

No, I'm trying to show you that what you're proposing is wrong.

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But what justifies the "Eye for an eye" method?

 

What doesn't? If a thief wishes to steal' date=' he forfeits his right to have a hand to steal with. If he continues, we cut off his feet, and so on and so forth. Same deal with murder. If one kills, one must expect to be killed in return.

[/quote']

 

Isn't that the savagery we strive to be above?

 

Savagery should be met in kind. Once criminals realize that there are dire consequences to their actions, they will stop doing illegal things.

 

That's the equivalent of telling stupid people that if they aren't smart, they're going to get even more stupid.

 

-_-

 

Are you arguing that criminals don't have free will over their illegal actions?

 

No, I'm trying to show you that what you're proposing is wrong.

 

Well, you are doing a poor job. Try to pick an example that fits better next time.

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Read it again.

 

Why? You didn't change your rebuttal, so reading it again would accomplish nothing. What you were saying was that criminals can't help being criminals, just how stupid people can't help being stupid, right?

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Debating is for little girls that cant end an argument because they are immature.

 

That's the ****ing best you can do? Weak.

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Debating is for little girls that cant end an argument because they are immature.

 

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And Chaos Pudding' date=' my point is that by showing criminals they'll get in trouble, they'll just get better.

 

It's not worth it. Would you rather catch the killer and have him be in jail, or have him be loose?

 

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