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elSicomoro · 03-08-2001, 12:27 AM

I personally believe that the death penalty may be the most useless punishment ever devised by man. But in regards to the points made above, what exactly is CRUEL and UNUSUAL punishment? I find that contraption to be rather degrading to a person's dignity. To me, lethal injection, while not as cruel as the electric chair, is a power trip for families of victims. Sort of the "Yeah, we've got you by the balls now!". No offense to the families of victims, but the whole "eye for an eye" thing hasn't changed things much over several thousand years, so perhaps we should look at alternatives...

03-08-2001, 12:27 AM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I personally believe that the death penalty may be the most useless punishment ever devised by man. But in regards to the points made above, what exactly is CRUEL and UNUSUAL punishment? I find that contraption to be rather degrading to a person's dignity. To me, lethal injection, while not as cruel as the electric chair, is a power trip for families of victims. Sort of the "Yeah, we've got you by the balls now!". No offense to the families of victims, but the whole "eye for an eye" thing hasn't changed things much over several thousand years, so perhaps we should look at alternatives...