EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. data sharing agreements

Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by rbanffy on Friday July 05, 2013 @08:24AM (#5994549)

Any penal system should focus more on rehabilitation/reintegration than pure punishment. The idea is to make society safer.

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Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by andyhmltn on Friday July 05, 2013 @08:40AM (#5994594)

Of course. I believe in that too. But I'm talking about the criminals that are beyond help (massacring etc)

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Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by flyinRyan on Friday July 05, 2013 @11:24AM (#5995253)

So if they're beyond help you want to torture them? Why not put them into a mental hospital and try to work out what went wrong? They'll still have a sucky life, but at least we might get something useful out of it.

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Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by andyhmltn on Monday July 08, 2013 @06:09AM (#6006009)

No not at all! I don't believe in torture. When I mentioned torture in my previous comment, I was referring to spending the rest of your life in prison, not actual torture.

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Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by flyinRyan on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:11AM (#6024980)

I consider spending your life behind bars as a form of torture as well, or very close. It's certainly incredibly barbaric and I can't think of any advantage it has over a mental hospital.

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Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by DanBC on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:17AM (#6024996)

The European Court agrees with you - life in prison with no chance of release is inhumane. This is causing some outrage in UK politicians because 3 murderers took their cases to the court and won.

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23245254)

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23251197)

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