This is one of my biggest fears, so THEORETICALLY this is a good idea to me. But that's only theoretically. I think that if I feel so uncomfortable that I have to wear piranha-condom, then it's a place I probably shouldn't go.

We have decades of empirical evidence that show, conclusively, that increasing the punishment does not act as a deterrent for major crimes, such as murder and rape. "Scaring the crap" out of a potential rapist is not really an issue, at all, no matter the statistic.


There's literally no other way to run a justice system in a civilized nation.

The only thing that acts as a deterrent toward abusing the system is to protect the rights of the accused - and keeping a high standard (burden) for conviction is to ensure the rights of the innocent, not the rights of the guilty. It's really that simple.

hahaha you wish i was the thread monitor... but if i was, i want a badge and everything!

:whew: im cleared then...

it's all gudt CG. and "piranha-condom" is a way catchier name than "Rapex." lol

I totally didn't pick these colors on purpose, lol

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The only thing I have a problem with regarding the justice system is the fact that taxpayer's money goes to medical care for the inmates. These assholes get better care than a lot of regular civilians who didn't fuck up in life. I know some inmates who push to get surgeries done while they're still in prison because they won't be able to afford it when they're out. OMG it pisses me off so bad. And the ambulance ride isn't cheap either-guess what, you all are paying for a $1k ambulance ride for a guy who's trying to get a surgery done on your dime because he can't have it when he gets out. Inmates piss me off so much.

Aw thanks :D Yeah our colors can look horrendous if not well matched :p

hey hey, wrong CG! It isn't often people laugh at my jokes--give me my credit before I say something else and get lamed out again! :D ;)

How would you set it up differently?

Whats the big deal about inmates getting free medical care? I thought you were a socialist lib. If the welfare queens can ride the tax dime, why can't they?

Listen to her. GeekyPenguin is trying to be slick by asking me how I would set it up, because AQAK she's trying to set me up by making me look like an idiot since she knows the law.:rolleyes:

She's still from Minnesota though, so I won't talk about her anymore.:D

Seriously. The way I think it should be done is we can start by not protecting criminals. Like centaur said, they live better than some innocent people do. The prisons wouldn't be over crowded if we started sending a lot of them over to Iraq, Afganistan and other countries we get into with. That's the best way to get rid of them. If they want to murder people let them murder our enemies. To me murderers and rapist serve no purpose on this earth. They shouldn't even be able to breath the same air we breath. I think it should be black and white, if you did it, you did it. No trial, straight to prison. The laws in this country are so backwards it's insane. Makes me wonder why we have the highest crime rate world wide. Well, of course we do if we're against the innocent and protect the guilty.

O.K. Home's I'm ready for you to slap me with your law degree and make my post look stupid. It still won't change my opinion though.:D

There is so much wrong with the above post and it has very, very little to do with any law.

Good luck figuring out where to start :)

So . . . you didn't answer the question. How would you change the system so you can determine 'black and white' without, y'know, a court of law and rights for the accused?

OH ALSO - since it's black and white, cut and dry and all . . . might as well hire a friend to get close to PrettyBoy, get involved in some freaky sex, record some key role playing, then show up to the police with bruises and DNA/hair evidence, right?

You'd probably want to be protected then, hmm? Or are you seriously that out of touch? Get out of Edina or wherever and think for a minute, guy - you can't really think it's possible to "know" whether someone committed the crime without any due process . . .

We're really not even close to the highest in the world.

Murder rate: #24

Robberies: #11, behind the UK and Spain

Rape: #8, behind Canada

Our system is actually one of the best in the world, at least in theory - once again, in case you missed it: protecting the rights of the accused protects the INNOCENT, not the guilty - I cannot state this any more clearly.

So in short: you make no sense, did not answer the question, absolutely ignore any semblance of reasonable thought, then make up statistics. Good job.

KSig RC did such a good job that I have nothing else to say except that I am not FROM Minnesota and I doubt this guy is from Edina, he's probably from Roseville or Maplewood. Most people in the west suburbs are educated and a little more aware of the world. :)

Violent felons should have to participate in a Bloodsport-style kumite...

TO TEH DEATH.