Here's the problem: "Garrido, who was on parole for a 1971 rape and kidnapping..." If a person is criminally insane and this violent, he needs to stay in a mental hospital forever. Make it wonderful, with meds and finger-painting and basket-weaving, but keep him away from innocent people forever. For those who just need therapy and meds to keep them from committing lesser crimes, the current system isn't humane: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/released/
I am against the death penalty because one innocent person being executed is enough to convince me that it's not worth it, and that threshold has been crossed over and over: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-texas-execute-0824-082aug25,0,5812073.story
Prison rape, while IMO suitable in a hypothetical fairyland where all-knowing unicorns hand down infallible verdicts for the worst of the worst, comes up against the same problem. It should not be part of official policy, and right now it may as well be given the neglect that allows it to happen. For those who may be rehabilitated, I doubt that the trauma of forced sodomy and the potential for a fatal illness as a result contributes much to therapy.
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If a person is criminally insane and this violent, he needs to stay in a mental hospital forever. Make it wonderful, with meds and finger-painting and basket-weaving, but keep him away from innocent people forever. For those who just need therapy and meds to keep them from committing lesser crimes, the current system isn't humane: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/released/
I am against the death penalty because one innocent person being executed is enough to convince me that it's not worth it, and that threshold has been crossed over and over: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-texas-execute-0824-082aug25,0,5812073.story
Prison rape, while IMO suitable in a hypothetical fairyland where all-knowing unicorns hand down infallible verdicts for the worst of the worst, comes up against the same problem. It should not be part of official policy, and right now it may as well be given the neglect that allows it to happen. For those who may be rehabilitated, I doubt that the trauma of forced sodomy and the potential for a fatal illness as a result contributes much to therapy.