Life With No Possibility Of Parole, Or The Death Penalty. Which Would You Choose?

[LoneKiller]

I'm going to treat this like it's the US since the UK doesn't have a death penalty.

I'd rather be killed than spend my entire lifetime inside with no possibility of ever reintegrating into society. It's not because I'm scared of being made someone's bitch, it's because I'd lose all hope and that would turn me into something scarier than most of the other inmates.

The problem is that your average death row inmate serves the equivalent of a life sentence before they ever get round to executing them, so they're essentially serving both sentences.

Hi Cavey.
That's an interesting viewpoint about the criminal essentially serving both sentences. I never looked at it that way.

 

[Bones]

Hurry up and get it over with! (Dying = no more troubles in this unforgiving world.)

 

[nelloy]

I'd rather be executed. I know people that have done long stints in prison (8 years for dealing/manufacturing drugs) and it sounds horrendous. The most horrible part believe it or not is the boredom. Too much time to think, little else to occupy your mind, let your imagination get away from you, beat yourself up over every minute things you've ever done, eventually end up insane. The people I'm talking about wont ever be the same.

Talking about murderers and serious sex offenders is different, they probably deserve that.

The only thing with the death penalty is what about the people who are wrongly convicted? Theres no chance of appeal when your dead.

My ideas on pedaphiles is along the lines of just get rid of them. There's no rehabilitation for what your sexually attracted to. A **** cant change their desires any more than a homosexual can. And we dont need people ruining the lives of children forever. Again there are alot of wrongly convicted people so I dont know.

Just my opinion....

 

[Poguesy]

Haven't you done a thread like this before?

But anyway my answer remains the same....

Not guilty by reason of insanity

 

[Sci-Fi]

^ Yep, so they'll just be merged together.

 

[LoneKiller]

Damn it. Forgot all about it guys. My bad.

 

[MaddogRon]

Did I do the crime ?
If not,,, Life while I fight it.
If I did, Death and pay up.

 

[Peaches]

is there a library in that jail?

 

[LoneKiller]

is there a library in that jail?

I assume that most do.

 

[Edward W]

I'd do the time. Read and write. A (good) book can transport me to anywhere in time and space. So can my mind, no walls can stop that.

 

[nelloy]

I'd do the time. Read and write. A (good) book can transport me to anywhere in time and space. So can my mind, no walls can stop that.

Im willing to bet there is only so many hours you can spend reading, only so many good books you can get your hands on and only so many hours you can spend off in la-la land. As much as i think i would love to be able to lay around and read forever, if that is all there was to do for the rest of my life, i would get bored of it. And a lack of stimulation from the outside world would dry up your imagination pretty quickly.

Another thing about prison....

Imagine locking 4 people in a room together for a week. What would happen, initally they would talk, eventually every small remark or anything negative would be the cause of massive arguments and fights. Every little action is magnified because there is nothing else to focus on. Prison is much the same. Everything that happens seems like a big deal, there is nothing else to focus on.

This is just what im told by people that have done 8-10 years in prison. I think its hard to imagine unless you've experienced it but it sounds like hell on earth to me.

 

[MTrip]

I'd choose the death sentence, esp. if it were by lethal injection. I've met a few ex-cons in my life so far & after talking with them, & reading one book by a survivor of High Desert state prison in southern NV, I'm all in facor of execution. Even if I were innocent & been mistakenly convicted or railroaded by an aggressive judge & prosecutor, the death sentence would still be better than life in prison. There's a simple reason for it: A dead man is beyond feeling pain; a living man is not. And if you're sentenced to life, what remains of your life won't contain much other than fear, occasional violence, & an ocean suffering.

There's also the distinct possibility that if I were sentenced to life in prison, I'd get stabbed to death by another convict anyway....probably some new kid trying to make his rep.

 

[Hearmenow2012]

I would have to choose the death sentence because I couldn't wait for the rest of my natural life to be over. It would drive me crazy especially because of how impatient I can be. I would rather get it over and done with as soon as possible.

 

[Solivagant]

Like the posters above me, I'd choose the death sentence.

 

[sk66rc]

Well... That depends on what type of prison, could you get life with no parole in minimum security prisons? I asking because I honestly don't know... Well, in any case, I'd pick life with no parole if I can request, & be granted, solitary confinement or cell... I wouldn't have any problem with that, being that I spend most of the free time alone & not so free time wanting to be alone, lol...

 

[GirlwithCuriousHair]

I think I could do a few weeks in solitary confinement (actually, very weirdly, I'd like to try it) but year after year? No way.