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What would be the ultimate punishment for murder to make people think twice about it?

Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:09 am
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:09 am
I say torture them every single day for the rest of your life.

Imagine if all convicted murderers were tortured every day for the rest of their lives.

Waterboarded. Electrical shock. Beatings. Breaking bones. Smashing toes and fingers.

Would this deter murder?

Any ideas?
Posted by narddogg81
Vancouver
Member since Jan 2012
19702 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:09 am to
Just make it against the law, that will stop it from happening
This post was edited on 2/17/18 at 3:28 am
Posted by MMauler
Member since Jun 2013
19216 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:10 am to
Make them sleep with Hillary Clinton.
Posted by buckeye_vol
Member since Jul 2014
35239 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:12 am to
Given the severity of the punishments that already exist, I don't think a person who is willing commit murder is going to suddenly be deterred by something more exteme.
This post was edited on 2/17/18 at 1:13 am
Posted by Rougarou13
Brookhaven MS
Member since Feb 2015
6839 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:13 am to
Posted by 0
Member since Aug 2011
16631 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:15 am to
castration?
Posted by Maytheporkbewithyou
Member since Aug 2016
12630 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:18 am to
quote:

I say torture them every single day for the rest of your life.

Waterboarded. Electrical shock. Beatings. Breaking bones. Smashing toes and fingers.


But what kind of sick frick would want that job? We could go back to public hangings or even firing squads. It could all be automated so an actual person wouldn't be killing someone. We could also go back to when prisoners performed hard labor.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
47885 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:24 am to
Public quarterings
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
29475 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:28 am to
quote:

Public quarterings
I like it.
Posted by stuntman
Florida
Member since Jan 2013
9099 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:36 am to
quote:

What would be the ultimate punishment for murder to make people think twice about it?


Has there ever been a study that has shown that the worse the consequences for murder, the more it reduces it?

Honestly asking.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:41 am to
For most murderers nothing would deter them, they do not value like, yours or theirs. the murderers that plan their actions ahead of time are few , for most their decision to kill someone was made 5 seconds before they did it with no thought as to what would happen to them later. This is my opinion, and that of several local prosecuting attorneys I talk to that actually deal with these types of people.
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
29475 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:45 am to
quote:

Has there ever been a study that has shown that the worse the consequences for murder, the more it reduces it? 

Honestly asking.
Honestly a good question.

I actually thought about this as I was writing the OP.

I also thought, "What country has the lowest murder rate, and why?
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
29475 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:51 am to
quote:

for most their decision to kill someone was made 5 seconds before they did it with no thought as to what would happen to them later
To me, that's actually scarier than someone who plans a murder. It signifies no impulse control and a menace to society.

If I accidentally bump into someone and "have words" and they will kill me for it, it is actually worse than premeditated murder.
This post was edited on 2/17/18 at 1:53 am
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35038 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:19 am to
scaphism or flaying.

Pick your poison.
This post was edited on 2/17/18 at 2:21 am
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
23716 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:38 am to
Make them read the bootlicking right wing babble on this Board all day, for days on end. Can’t imag anything worse.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19523 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:48 am to
In the latest Hardcore History podcast, Carlin pointed out that prior to the modern era, death was not the punishment in a public execution. Death was the side effect of the torture, and the torture was the punishment that the public witnessed.

For example, hanging back then wasn’t as “civilized” as society eventually made it. Hangings were strangulations that took several minutes. Smart people eventually worked those out to be instant neck-breakings (most of the time).
Posted by TenWheelsForJesus
Member since Jan 2018
6501 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:57 am to
quote:

But what kind of sick frick would want that job?


The kind of people that commit mass shootings. Kill two birds with one stone.

quote:

We could also go back to when prisoners performed hard labor.


Seriously, though, I support this. Those people need to be forced to do something for the good of the country.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 6:01 am to
Hahahahaha

And yet here you are at 2:30 am no less

Hahahahaha

Better than stamping “I’m a moron” on your forehead
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
98826 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 6:02 am to
If they are truly mentally ill, nothing will deter them.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32543 posts
Posted on 2/17/18 at 6:51 am to
quote:

also thought, "What country has the lowest murder rate, and why?

I would bet money it’s a very homogeneous country that places an extremely high value on family and education.
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