Yes, I did it. I don't know if there has been a thread on it yet or not, but now there is one. In light of today's school shooting... Should public executions be legal? I think so. Put them on a channel that most will not see inadvertently. An eye for an eye. I firmly believe that Tim McVeigh should have been put in a building slated for demolition, on the top floor, and have to suffer through detonation. I think there should have been a camera on him, and a camera on the building. Totally serious in this. The unabomber, give him 30 packages to open. One random package holds a bomb. He knows one does, but not which one. If you have a hard time convincing him to open them, make a robot open the bombs while he's strapped to a chair. I don't know how much this would curb violence (probably somewhat) in this country, but I don't care. When nothing is sacred to criminals, you need to resort back to no holds barred punishments. Lethal injections are a bunch of crap.
I voted yes due to impulse but what you get with public executions is the mob mentality for carnage and it desensitizes people even more towards acts of violence like this.
I agree that it would probably desensitize people to acts of violence, but don't these things getting reported in the news daily desensitize people? Don't websites that are filled with crap like this already desensitize people to this stuff? Bringing it to a more public spotlight may help to make an example out of people who think they can get notoriety from doing things like this. On one hand, you might have those that see a public execution and are deterred from committing a crime. You might have someone that is thinking about taking out a room full of people and then turning the gun on himself end up just turning the gun on himself and not the public. On the other hand, you may have someone, like has been mentioned, get all excited by the whole idea of being able to take out the room full of people, and then have his own death broadcast live on television. I expect a good debate.
History has shown public executions.....and executions in general.....do very little to deter people from commiting crimes. The general population has it's % that is just plain bad. The fear of being put to death means nothing to people like that.....they will commit the crime anyway. Generally nice people that commit crimes of passion or just snap.....never think about the risk of being executed as well. I also agree that public executions fire up the 'mob mentality' and desensitizes people to violence. I am not saying I know an alternative to the death penality though.....cause I have no clue what would deter people from commiting crimes. I really don't think there is an answer to that question....
LOL. Totally serious. Even if it doesn't put any fear in the offender or others prone to violent acts, I personally think it's important for the psyche of the public. A form of closure and justice, per se.
I'm on the fence on the death penalty, but if it is a good thing, I think Texas does it right. Put them to sleep like a dog in the back room of a prison; this takes away the glorified death the killers may imagine they are receiving.
While it does quell our inner desire for revenge such a thing isn't possible in a progressive society where condoning such acts would be going back to the middle ages. The kind of message it would be sending people of all ages, but especially young ones is disturbing. In society today we take our stance based on the fact that all unnecessary violence is wrong, but by doing this we completely undermine it. The only instances of public exectution you will find are in countries like Afghanistan (by the taliban) and in Saudi Arabia. Thats who where we are setting the bar.
I would prefer that they are forced into a game show where they are put up against killers with different types of killing methods. People can wager on how long they will last before they are killed, with the vig from the gambling going to the families affected by the murderer.
How about public CANING!!!??!?! Flaying maybe? Rocket River "A naked man has few secrets . . . a flayed man has none" - Rouse Bolton
Yes. Because we already do it. State sanctioned murder is still murder whether in a back room or in front of the town square. If we reserve the DP for the Feds and only the Feds, I'd be more torn on a Yes/No answer. There is a need for the DP, but the way we're doing it now is beyond reproach and an inefficient use of resources.
It seems that hollywood has already entertained your idea with movies like Hunger Games or even older like Blade Runner. I for one believe in the death penalty or an eye for an eye, but not to make a game of it. I feel public execution would really serve no purpose to entertain a crowd that likes to watch that sort of thing. If you kill someone, you die that's it. None of this serve x amount of years, and get probation, only to return to the streets to commit the very same crime you were jailed for. If you committed rape, cut off your member, and serve life in prison, as death is too easy a cop out for the mental anguish your victim has suffered for duration of his/her entire life. Thoughts and condolences to those affected by today's shootings.
Respect your opinion sir. But if you think about it, say you catch a serial killer, who destroyed the lives of countless families... would it be better to use tax payer money to provide these killers, food/water/shelter for a life sentence? There are good ppl in the world right now that doesn't even have those "luxuries", and these lifers get that at our expense. They even get tv, rec area, and contraband. I'm sorry but theres just something seriously wrong with that.
