@IvyLeague, I hope you're not suggesting Capital Punishment for murderers. Put any emotional reasoning aside and you'll soon realize there's more cons than pros for Capital Punishment. First and foremost (assuming that we as a society care for money more than human life), it costs more to murder someone in form of Capital Punishment than it does to keep them in jail for whole duration of the punishment. Secondly, if Capital Punishment was around (currently it's not in Canada) I'd expect the Prime Minister, his cabinet, and the Judge who sentenced the person to death to apologize nationally to the person's family if it came out that the person was indeed not guilty of the crime but had been murdered before it was found out.
That's what happens with Capital Punishment - innocent people die. I don't think anyone could live with themselves knowing they killed an innocent person.
As for parole to murderers, people mess up. We're only humans. Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to rationalize murder here but I'd like to think that people can change over the course of nearly thirty years. Do people not deserve a second chance at life? I'd like to think so.
I'll take the Liberal jest with a grain of salt, I'll assume you were not speaking to me but anyone in general.
Yes, I am suggesting capital punishment for murderers. At least those found guilty of 1st degree murder.
Your arguments about the cost of it all just says to me that the system needs to be reformed. No 20 years of endless appeals.
See, I'd be more willing to listen to the liberals on this issue if they were willing to at least allow the death penalty for cases where the guilt is certain; as well as the assurance that those who aren't executed stay in prison for the rest of their life.
But we don't even have that, do we? We have them, including you here, arguing that first degree murderers should eventually be released!
This is why Canada and Western Europe, as well as the libs here in the U.S., have the "bleeding heart" reputation they do. They blab on and on about the value of human life. Yet what value do they put on the victim's life when they allow the killer to not only live, but even be released sooner or later.
This is what is so infuriating about the liberal mind on this issue and others. They think they've got it all figured out. They think they're so enlightened. Meanwhile, the obvious escapes them. They've intellectualized themselves into stupidity.
