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Should have gotten the lethal injection.

by vegor5 13y ago

malandrew 13y ago
Or sent him to the same prison before all those kids got released for wrongful imprisonment.
- sukuriant 13y ago
  Yeah, because we in the States really love to make a big thing and encourage the abuses that can happen in prison. Wow...
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    Disturbingly, we kind of do... See common attitudes towards prison rape, and the origin of the concept of 'rape culture'.
    - sukuriant 13y ago
      Indeed. I was being sarcastic in a disappointed and condescending tone, as I don't think that's something we should encourage.
viggity 13y ago
how about 28 years in the electric chair?
- alan_cx 13y ago
  What about one of those skin tight spandex suits with shock electrodes in it? Then give the kids a smart phone with an app that allows them to shock on demand. Every time they feels angry or frustrated at their lives being ruined, then can seemly shock the judge... "Shock the Judge".... Now there's a game show I'd watch.
- Roboprog 13y ago
  Bart! Stop shocking your sister! Bzzzt! (non-lethal version for ongoing fun & games :-))
mistercow 13y ago
It seems to me that this is an example of exactly the kind of shenanigans that are why we should not allow the government to execute people. If a single judge can wrongfully imprison 4,000 children - and not out of ineptitude, but for profit - then how can we possibly trust the rest of the judicial system not to convict innocent people of capital crimes?
- meepmorp 13y ago
  It seems to me that if anyone deserves the death penalty, it's people like this judge. Ordinary citizens don't have the power to deprive citizens of their civil rights at such a scale, it requires the extraordinary power of the state. The trust we need to have in judges makes such corruption not only more likely, but much more dangerous. So for cases like this, the punishment ought to be as extraordinary as the power needed for the crime. I personally oppose the death penalty, so the suggestion is only half-serious, but I find the reasoning for reserving executions for egregious political corruption to be more compelling than for more common crimes.
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    > I personally oppose the death penalty, so the suggestion is only half-serious, but I find the reasoning for reserving executions for egregious political corruption to be more compelling than for more common crimes. I'm with you there. The way I see it, crimes like these threaten the very premise of our justice system. It is hard for me to imagine a worse crime than destroying our ability to handle crime at all. Punishment for all those other horrible crimes relies on the system people like this are threatening.

Should have gotten the lethal injection.

by vegor5 13y ago

Should have gotten the lethal injection.

malandrew 13y ago

Or sent him to the same prison before all those kids got released for wrongful imprisonment.

sukuriant 13y ago
Yeah, because we in the States really love to make a big thing and encourage the abuses that can happen in prison. Wow...
- jlgreco 13y ago
  Disturbingly, we kind of do... See common attitudes towards prison rape, and the origin of the concept of 'rape culture'.
  - sukuriant 13y ago
    Indeed. I was being sarcastic in a disappointed and condescending tone, as I don't think that's something we should encourage.

viggity 13y ago

how about 28 years in the electric chair?

alan_cx 13y ago
What about one of those skin tight spandex suits with shock electrodes in it? Then give the kids a smart phone with an app that allows them to shock on demand. Every time they feels angry or frustrated at their lives being ruined, then can seemly shock the judge... "Shock the Judge".... Now there's a game show I'd watch.
Roboprog 13y ago
Bart! Stop shocking your sister! Bzzzt! (non-lethal version for ongoing fun & games :-))

mistercow 13y ago

It seems to me that this is an example of exactly the kind of shenanigans that are why we should not allow the government to execute people. If a single judge can wrongfully imprison 4,000 children - and not out of ineptitude, but for profit - then how can we possibly trust the rest of the judicial system not to convict innocent people of capital crimes?

meepmorp 13y ago
It seems to me that if anyone deserves the death penalty, it's people like this judge. Ordinary citizens don't have the power to deprive citizens of their civil rights at such a scale, it requires the extraordinary power of the state. The trust we need to have in judges makes such corruption not only more likely, but much more dangerous. So for cases like this, the punishment ought to be as extraordinary as the power needed for the crime. I personally oppose the death penalty, so the suggestion is only half-serious, but I find the reasoning for reserving executions for egregious political corruption to be more compelling than for more common crimes.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  > I personally oppose the death penalty, so the suggestion is only half-serious, but I find the reasoning for reserving executions for egregious political corruption to be more compelling than for more common crimes. I'm with you there. The way I see it, crimes like these threaten the very premise of our justice system. It is hard for me to imagine a worse crime than destroying our ability to handle crime at all. Punishment for all those other horrible crimes relies on the system people like this are threatening.