re: Florida To Begin Sentencing Pedophiles to Death – Democrats Outraged

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I can understand that. Would you have an issue with the child molester being placed in Genpop with an announcement made of their conviction?

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That raises interesting moral and ethical questions.

Empirical evidence shows us that such prisoners generally do NOT survive long in GenPop, but instead get shivved with a quickness.

Morally, can (or "should") the State impose a "de facto" punishment (here, execution) that it is prohibited from imposing "de jure?"

I tend to think "no."

Statistically, child molesters are not violent to other adults, and they do not present much of an escape risk. An argument can be made that they are "victim" as much as "perp," given that almost EVERY child molester was molested as a child himself. Because recidivism is so very high, it IS very risky to release them.

It might make more sense to impose life without parole, segregate them in some sort of medium- or low-security prison environment for the remainder of their lives, and put them to doing some sort of productive work for the State (e.g. making license plates or growing food for other prisoners).