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Originally posted by KSig RC
h-daddy, not a single bit of this is factual, buddy, and you know better . . .you can't back any of this up
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I don't think that's something that can be factually backed up. After all, we can't know how much somebody suffers after death.
But I've read enough accounts of people in prison who have killed themselves, people who have wanted to kill themselves after regretting what they'd done, and even those who wanted to kill themselves when they hadn't committed the crime they were in for, simply because life in prison was so miserable. When I was younger, I read a quote by some man who had killed someone and spent life in prison for it. He said that he wished he'd been given the death penalty because it would have been much easier than having to live with himself. I've seen that sentiment echoed enough times that I've come to believe that there are many who feel the same way as he does. Of course, I have no statistics to back that up, but I think you know how I feel about statistics.
At any rate, I think it stands to reason that, if you assume that prison is not that great, then
life in prison + (if you believe in an afterlife) having to face God for your actions would be worse than
a few years in prison + having to face God for your actions. And, well, if you don't believe in a God or an afterlife, then it seems pretty safe to say that the death penalty is the easy way out.
As for the Columbine suicides -- that has always been my take on why they killed themselves, although I'm open to other ideas. What would be yours?