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Re:When murderers were hanged quickly (2014) by TremendousJudge on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:47AM (#20165871)
That's insane. You're basically putting somebody in a cruel and miserable existence with the expectation that they commit suicide, for the sole purpose of keeping your hands clean. I find it worse than outright killing them.
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Re:When murderers were hanged quickly (2014) by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @12:09PM (#20166146)
Well, I mean, ideally our prison system shouldn't aim to be cruel and miserable, but we can't exactly set the convicted serial killers free, now can we?

Shouldn't we aim to give them the most freedom we can, though? The ability to ideally, in a restricted environment, continue to read and learn and grow, or if that won't satisfy them, to remove themselves from the situation?

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