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Apparently he lead police to the body.

This psycho needs to be placed in isolation in prison for his safety, cos the inmates will do the very same to him.

So so sad. This is why kids stop playing outside in the parks and streets now and are all cooped up inside playing console games.
I use to be outside everyday, rain hail or shine climbing trees, riding my bike around the neighborhood parks and streets. That was only 15 years ago. Now you can forget about it!

According to today's paper the man they've arrested is a convicted rapist and was out on parole.

Jailed in 1990 for three years for various cases of attempted rape.

Jailed in 2002 for 16 counts of rape, paroled in 2010.

Jailed for three months in 2010 after king hitting a man in the street.

I've always been against the death penalty, but hearing cases like this making me seriously reconsider my opinion on it.

This psycho needs to be placed in isolation in prison for his safety, cos the inmates will do the very same to him.

you make this sound like a bad thing

As soon as he admitted his crime he should just be shot in the head.
Waste of tax payers money by putting him thru the courts and thru the penitentiary.

Why did they let him out in 2010 after 16 counts of rape.. crazy.

Because our countries laws are a joke you get lest time for rape or murder than anything to with fraud and getting the government even if it was only 100$

Death penalty is a very bad thing, it is the one thing you can't take back and makes us now better than the criminals. Modern DNA testing has shown that something like 10% of prisoners put to death in the USA were innocent and many of them actually confessed to the crimes they committed. Our penalties are a joke but don't overreact and make them worse, lock them up for life, make them dig holes and break rocks, but supporting the death penalty even for the worst of the worst is a very backwards move and I am very proud to live in a nation where we do not have it.

That is true... the death penalty should not be given to those where there is doubt.

But if the evidence is overwhelming and the guilty has admitted to it, then I don't see how you can let such monsters live.

e.g that Swedish case where some dude planned and premeditated the murder of 20-30 people on that island. He admitted it, the evidence was overwhelming and he was caught in the act. Why is he still alive? To prove that the western world is fair and just? But its okay to go to wars and murder and pillage.

Anyways I do no support capital punishment, just venting my anger. LOL

But I do Support the Swans and BB. hehehe

Agree with this.

I don't think anyone should have the power to decide whether a person lives or dies.

no one is making a decision on who lives or who dies except for the murderer.

If he lives in a society where rape/murder is punishable by death, then he has made a conscious decision to take the life of the person he murdered, as well as place his own at risk in the event that he is found guilty of that murder.

Saying that you don't support capital punishment because you can never be sure about a persons guilt/innocence doesnt mean theres a flaw with capital punishment - it means there is a flaw in how we convict criminals. A convicted criminal is supposed to be proven beyond reasonable doubt right? maybe for death penalties they can be proven beyond any doubt?

If he lives in a society where rape/murder is punishable by death, then he has made a conscious decision to take the life of the person he murdered, as well as place his own at risk in the event that he is found guilty of that murder.

Here comes the story of the Hurricane...

I disagree completely. The death penalty is something that needs to be enforced for all murders and all rapes (excluding mere statutory rape).

We have an ever growing population. Why in the world should be wasting resources to keep criminals alive for life? The answer is, we shouldn't.

Pros of the death penalty:
Don't have to keep paying to keep them alive for the rest of their life.
No chance of them escaping and recommitting crime.
Arguably a way to deter some people from killing and raping.
No chance of them corrupting other people in jail who might have only assaulted someone or something.

Cons:
The state has the power to murder.
Sometimes innocent people are put on death row.

To address the cons:
I don't care if the state has the power to murder. I want them to have that power. They already have the power to put someone in jail for their entire life, and a life in jail is far worse than a painless death. By killing criminals we are being far more merciful than by keeping them in captivity for their remaining life.

And so what if some times an innocent person dies? Two words: collateral damage! No system is perfect, but at the end of the day if one innocent person dying means that the world is a better place overall, then that is an acceptable loss. Imagine the following situation: If you could kill a 7 year old girl, and this would instantly result in all cancer in the world being cured, would you do it? The answer, without any hesitation, should be a resounding YES! And regardless, with science advancing at an exponential rate, we have more evidence against people and therefore, as time goes on, it will become increasingly unlikely for an innocent person to be convicted.

One additional argument:
Life expectancy is constantly increasing. Soon it is predicted that we will be able to increase the human life span drastically. People will be able to live to 300 years old, and longer. Are we really going to keep murderers and rapists around for hundreds of years to serve out a life sentence? (Yes, a life sentence isn't actually "life", but as human life span increases, the definition of life sentence will change to match that). Keeping all murderers and rapists in containment simply isn't feasible. The death penalty is the solution.

Last edited by Naker Virus at 9/29/2012 2:24:20 PM