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from the remembered-more-than-his-victims dept.
http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/charles-manson-deathbed/
The end could be near for Charles Manson.
The legendary mass murderer is on his death bed at a Bakersfield, Ca. hospital, according to reports.
[...] Manson, 83, has spent much of the past year dealing with the aftermath of internal bleeding from a lesion on his intestines.
Insiders say he was admitted three days ago and "it's not going to get any better for him."
See also: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/charles-manson-grave-condition-california-hospital-article-1.3635813
http://kron4.com/2017/11/15/report-cult-leader-charles-manson-hospitalized-in-bakersfield/
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @07:08PM (1 child)
No, it isn't. In my case (and I am from one of those actually civilized societies), my support for the death penalty comes from the pragmatic realization that some people just can't (or don't want to) be "fixed". And around here, that fact is exacerbated by mandatory maximum-term prison sentences (in many cases under 20 years), so way too many people are set loose on the population knowing they're still a threat.
No, in my model of "justice", you get one chance to better yourself: I support a probational death penalty, in which a judge can basically declare your life (well, your old "lifestyle") forfeit. From that moment on, you can call on government resources to change your live around (counselling, rehab, basic education), but every subsequent conviction can be turned into a death penalty if the judge deems you unworthy of more government effort.
That way, we also have some control over what a single criminal can cost society.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @07:35PM
Oblig: "I AM the law!"