Death Penalty and Executions.

[Buckle-meister]

Something could be said about public hangings and the gillotine as far as a crime deterrent.

What sort of person would make up the 'audience'? Anybody who'd voluntarily go to see someone executed has got problems as far as I'm concerned.

Sounds goulish to me and besides, if you're the sort of person to commit a crime that'll warrant your execution if you're caught, I doubt it'd be much of a deterrent. In fact it's highly unlikely you'll ever be an attendee to be deterred unless you yourself have had the misfortune to get caught and by then it's a little too late.

 

[jlcct]

I say we put 'em all on a completely deserted island with pictures of a deserted island, reruns of I can't believe it's not butter commercials, a bose system with looped laughter playing, soup and forks, a bunch of acid, politicians, 100 guns and 100 bullets, George Steinbrenner, and my boss.

 

[JoeE SP9]

Executing criminals saves you and I a considerable amount of tax money. It costs $50K+ to house one miscreant for a year.