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[David Stockhoff]

On 4/12/2012 2:13 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>
>> David Stockhoff: What you are proposing is torture and is globally illegal.
>
> Well the idea of supemax prisons with indefinite terms of solitary confinement
> goes in and out of acceptance. At the end of the day the justification is safety
> and security, not punishment. It is used not only to house those who are
> murderous within prisons, but also to house infamous prisoners who would be a
> prime target for other prisoners seeking personal fame via a trophy killing (as
> happened to Jeffrey Daumer).
>
> It is a difficult moral question- which is more important, human life or the quality
> of human life? I don't have the answer. I am in favor of allowing euthanasia by
> request, for prisoners. 		 	   		

The justification for war crimes and crimes against humanity is ALWAYS 
safety and security.

There are cases on record where people subjected to extended solitary 
confinement try to kill themselves by ramming their heads against the 
wall. These people would gladly accept euthanasia. That's why such 
treatment is almost universally acknowledged to be torture.