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[António Pedro Marques]

David Stockhoff wrote (12-04-2012 17:37):
> No. Extended solitary confinement is cruel and unusual and a violation of
> international law. It creates vegetables.

We're talking about someone who was already serving a life sentence and then 
committed a brutal murder. Cry me a river. If such an individual becomes a 
vegetable, tough luck. If it turns out they hadn't committed the crimes 
after all, there's still a chance they're salvageable.

> What did we just discuss regarding lobotomies? It's the same thing.
>
>
> On 4/12/2012 12:25 PM, Antonin Scriabin wrote:
>> Solitary confinement as punishment for the first murder perhaps?
>>
>> 2012/4/12 António Marques <entonio at gmail.com <mailto:entonio at gmail.com>>
>>
>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote (12-04-2012 17:09):
>>
>> I've stayed mostly out of this because I'm actually conflicted
>> about
>> the death penalty.
>>
>> I'm against it at a gut level, but ...
>>
>> What do you do with someone who is in jail for life and commits a
>> brutal murder there? You can't exactly give him another life
>> sentence.
>>
>>
>> There's solitary confinement.
>>
>
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