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- Fri May 25, 2018 5:56 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: The "Riot Mentality" of School Shootings
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Re: The "Riot Mentality" of School Shootings
That guy won't do well in TDC.
- Tue May 22, 2018 11:22 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: The "Riot Mentality" of School Shootings
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Re: The "Riot Mentality" of School Shootings
Cruel and unusual punishment satisfies a list for vengeance that ultimately harms those who inflict it as much as those who suffer it. A man who sets out for revenge should dig two graves, et c.
That motivation isn't needed to justify the death penalty. Some people have no hope of rehabilitation. Many who deserved to die in prison have mended their ways and done good for others from behind bars, murderers among them. This kid didn't steal a car. He didn't sell crack. He didn't shoot someone who had moved in on his turf. Those are crimes, but crimes whose motivation stems from desires that all if us have but suppress or channel. This kid murdered friends and strangers in cold blood. There is no path to rehabilitation for that. He and those like him must be humanely but irrevocably removed from human society.
That motivation isn't needed to justify the death penalty. Some people have no hope of rehabilitation. Many who deserved to die in prison have mended their ways and done good for others from behind bars, murderers among them. This kid didn't steal a car. He didn't sell crack. He didn't shoot someone who had moved in on his turf. Those are crimes, but crimes whose motivation stems from desires that all if us have but suppress or channel. This kid murdered friends and strangers in cold blood. There is no path to rehabilitation for that. He and those like him must be humanely but irrevocably removed from human society.