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

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So aggiehank do you believe a convicted pedophile should get the DP or LWP. They have destroyed a child's innocence and soul, which most likely leads to a lifetime of issues so shouldn't they pay with their life through either death or jailed for life. State your position.

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Philosophically, or legally?

Philosophically, I have no problem with the death penalty in general or with executing child molesters in particular. They are inherently recidivist, and I have seen not evidence that they can be rehabilitated. As such, execution seems efficient. You won't hear the stupid platitudes about the "value of human life" from me.

Pragmatically, I have a problem with the application of the death penalty in this or in any other case, because the simple fact is that the justice system "gets it wrong" all too often. I do not like the notion of executing innocent citizens. Here, that seems to make me a pinko Leftist, which really says more about the speaker than about me.

As to the morons like the Houston guy who are perfectly-willing not only to kill ... but to TORTURE ... a few innocents defendants to get the catharsis of executing a few guilty perps, I have nothing but contempt. A person willing to knowingly torture an innocent person is no less a sociopath than the perp himself. Candidly, removing him from the gene pool would be almost as advantageous as removing the criminal he wants to torture.

As to torturing a PROVEN child molester? Sorry, but no. Even a crime that heinous does not justify state-sponsored barbarism in a civilized society.

Legally, SCOTUS says that it is unconstitutional to execute a child molester who did not kill his victim. //endfile//

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You will not get a truthful response. I assume that you asked rhetorically.

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You have the IQ of pocket lint.

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I like watching Hank tapdance and weave out of making a stance.

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By all means, please demonstrate how you think I did this in the preceding post.

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to torturing a PROVEN child molester

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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?

Hmmmm need to get Biden to visit FL

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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).

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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."

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So you think a child molester, that has killed a child's innocence and spirit" should be protected from other criminals. Now do you see why you are called a protector of groomers...

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You think that concerns about imposing the death penalty constitute "tap dancing around the issue," when based upon the (very real) risks of wrongful conviction?

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You being more concerned about the 1% of wrong convictions while ignoring the 99% of correct convictions is very telling. Saying that a convicted child molester still should be protected from others leads one to wonder if deep down inside you have done something that you think you should be protected from...just my opinion.

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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

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There is no wondering about you now. Child molester as a victim... you're a disgusting POS.

Hmmm...was that a threat? "...removing him from the gene pool...would almost serve the same purpose of executing the pedophile. "....because he hurt my feelings.

Never change Hank...you keep revealing more of your "character".