IceG said:
LG, i did not vote in the Pedo slot because i read that as including pedos who MAY NOT HAVE murdered..
my votes, Dangerous offenders special (ie. pedos who also kill at the end) and Serial killers.
REPEAT Pedos and Sex offenders who have not killed should be castrated. Kinda a three strikes threshold.
Most of the other killers i believe should just get life WITHOUT PAROLE. SOME people do kill in moments of distorted passion and i do not believe we should execute EVERY killer.
I don't think we should execute every killer either ... I think that unless it was an incredibly heinous crime and ALL the experts agree this person is at high risk to re-offend then life in jail is good enough ...
Unfortunately, castration has NOT proven a deterent to pedophiles ... these guys are just wired to believe that precocious behaviour in kids is a sexual advance and they are just reciprocating ... too bloody scarey for my liking.
bottom line is that i think people are sick of this 'criminals as victims' bullshit and would like to see sentencing that fits the crime ...
there are people sitting in jail today serving longer sentences for selling pot than for murder ... where is the justice in that?