[AlphaGamDiva]

valkyrie, after re-reading my statements, you are right...i totally need to clairfy and not sound so...bad.

ok, the "great facilities" remark was only about the facilities themselves. there are ppl in there who have beaten, raped, murdered, and God knows what else. to me, if someone throws acid on their head, who cares? they did 10 times that to someone else (although i know not in the case you specified earlier)...kind of a what goes around comes around type of thing. you can't tell me that in a case where a man raped a woman, cut off her breasts and left her for dead that he should be in a place that provides him as much comfort as possible. why should that person receive any more consideration than they gave to their victim? i don't understand why there are ppl who always look out more for the welfare of convicted criminals that they do for the justice of the victim. that's the point of prison...punishment for those who have done wrong, and justice for those who have been wronged. the same for the death penalty. if you take someone's life, you should pay for it with your own.
now, as far as how messed up things are with innocent ppl being convicted...i wish i had a way to prevent that. but i do know that eliminating capital punishment is not the answer. there are times when justice does indeed prevail and the correct people are punished...not everyone is innocent, afterall. i do not by any means think it is ok to punish innocent ppl and everything should be done to prevent this...but at the same time, everything should be done to prevent a murderer from killing again.
and finally, my best friend died unexpectantly last year and i will never be over that loss in my life...the only comfort i have is that knowing that he is in, yes, a better place. again, only my opinion, but i would appreciate not being criticized for that when i have yet to criticize you.

dzrose, well said!