Aurora Colorado Violence

Legal ! = morally good or even acceptable. I think Ive made my views on crime and punishment amply clear in other threads. "Punishment" is a useless farce that just makes folks like you feel better about getting some good old fashioned vengeance. No "deterrent" will be effective in a case like this.This man, from what I can tell needs to be indefinitely confined in a mental health facility for his own protection as well as that of society, until such time as he is no longer a threat to himself or others.

Only on a individual inmate comparison. But "Life in prison" inmates out number death penalty inmates in any state by much much more. So the overall cost is still cheaper because there are far fewer death row inmates.- Oni

It solves all the same problems as life in prison.- Oni

The fact remains though that something needs to be done with him, and it is legal to perform the death penalty in Colorado. I feel this case, if we're just stating opinion, warrents it. Fair enough.- Oni

Inmates are individuals. It is still cheaper to house the Death Row inmate for life than to go through the expenses involved in an execution.Maybe that's why you decided not to become a mathematician; good decision.

I suppose it is a natural, biological trait. Why are you being all judgy about it like you're better cause you feel you're above it? So lock him away and pump him full of drugs so you won't live in a world where the death penalty exists?- Oni

Thought you meant the overall cost of both systems vs one another.So you don't like death row just because it's cheaper? You just wrote "too expensive" and I tried to figure out what you meant by that. Don't get all cunty, we're just getting started. Plenty of time for that later.- OniEdited by onifre, : No reason given.

In this particular case, isn't it likely that he'll turn out to be a looney? I think that does make a difference.

I think the fact that life imprisonment is cheaper than our execution process is a valid reason to do away with the death penalty even if there were not other moral and practical considerations.

Not on any moral grounds, but only on the same practical grounds by which I oppose the death penalty in general.That said, the fact that he was a summa cum laude student in neurology is fascinating to me. Like the Unibomber, I think there's a possibility that he may have been exposed to some experiment, or compound, that may have precipitated these actions.

Looney as in mental hospital instead of life in prison looney?- Oni

Fair enough. I don't agree but it seems reasonable.- Oni

I don't buy that an experiment turned Kaczynski into a Unibomber. But I'm sure this guy's whole history will be soon revealed and the media will act like vultures trying to capitalize on anything.- Oni

No! That would never happen!

That sounds like a good argument for life in prison. Killing him only adds to the death toll. And that's without even considering that he is likely insane. Are we really going to execute the mentally ill?Leave him in jail. With any luck, he might some day grow a conscience and realise the severity of what he's done.Mutate and Survive