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[–] JohnPaulJones 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'd rather bring back public hanging.

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[–] JohnPaulJones 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There's a big difference between a legitimate court handing down a sentence within the framework of constitutional rights and Sharia courts. I don't endorse hanging gays, apostates, blasphemers... etc. I do endorse hanging murderers, rapists, and pedophiles who have received a fair trial by a jury of their peers. Part of the problem as I see it is that people have detached consequence from action. People tend to identify more strongly with the perpetrators than the victims (quick name a serial killer.... name one of their victims). Public hanging reminds the people that if you break the laws of this nation you will be held accountable. Lethal injection is extraordinarily expensive and a bit of a farce, the electric chair is absolutely inhumane, gas has the same issues as lethal injection for the most part. The methods of execution currently employed are meant to humanize the person that has dehumanized someone else. They aren't entitled to this consideration IMO. Hanging is cheep and reminds people in a very visceral way that you will be held accountable for your crimes in this country once again under the framework of the constitution.