tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post205367153158075944..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Death Penalty for Killing Prison GuardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-21126652276562011982009-11-02T08:39:56.315+01:002009-11-02T08:39:56.315+01:00I hear you guys, but my doubt is whether deterrenc...I hear you guys, but my doubt is whether deterrence works. I don't think it does, so that leaves us with punishment and justice and all that good stuff. None of it adds up to the death penalty for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-71882456175914489532009-11-01T15:49:14.351+01:002009-11-01T15:49:14.351+01:00I"m ambivalent about the death penalty for mo...I"m ambivalent about the death penalty for most crimes, but strongly support it for a murder committed in cases like this--where someone has already been convicted of murder, or who is sentenced to life (or the practical equivalent) in prison.Sevesteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439626386416115766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-50820785305683443122009-11-01T13:59:37.161+01:002009-11-01T13:59:37.161+01:00This is one reason I am still pro death penalty. T...This is one reason I am still pro death penalty. There has to be a deterrent.<br /><br />I'm in prison. I am never getting out. If I kill a guard, then I scan still never get out. That is not much of a deterrent to stop me from killing a guard.FatWhiteManhttp://fatwhiteman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-19124996177660980142009-11-01T13:54:25.135+01:002009-11-01T13:54:25.135+01:00Prisoners don't need access to sheet metal and...Prisoners don't need access to sheet metal and chemicals to make weapons. They have shown their ingenuity in making lethal weapons (including firearms) with the stuff that is in their cells.<br /><br />What "better precautions" are you suggesting? They are in prison. The guards have to interact on some level with them (unless you are suggesting that we blockade an island and jump paradrop prisoners onto it). <br /><br />If the prison system is for reform, then we have to help the prisoners reform (that includes things like education and job skill training). If it is for punishment, then we shouldn't hope that they are going to come out reformed. If it is for retribution, then get on with the death penalty and do it, don't wait 20 years. <br /><br />The problem with our prison system is we try to make it all things to all prisoners. Some need reform, some need punishment and a very few need retribution. However, we don't distinguish between them and end up focusing mostly on punishment because that is the easiest (and cheapest) solution. People would rather have their government waste money on buying their neighbor a new car than spend it on turning the population of prisoners that can be reformed around. <br /><br />Unfortunately, our parole and release system in the prisons is based on all prisoners being reformed. So in the end, we pretend we're punishing them, then release them as being reformed without actually doing much to reform them. And anyone wonders why there is such a high rate of recidivism?Reputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845157593799270355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-46445171499824178542009-11-01T10:18:00.473+01:002009-11-01T10:18:00.473+01:00Since these type of crimes have happened in other ...Since these type of crimes have happened in other prison systems, I have to wonder about the intelligence of the Florida system. Letting prisoners have access to sheet metal and chemicals? Really? What were they thinking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com