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Originally posted by texas*princess
What if being locked up didn't make them regret their actions? I mean, if they were sick enough to bust out guns and kill so many people, there is the possiblity that being behind bars won't be enough to make them feel remorse or regret. I don't think the death penality is the answer either, because even then, they may think it's no big thing.
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Here's my thoughts on the issue of the death penalty, although I will admit I'm really, really bleeding heart on this issue. IMO, there are two types of murders: those committed in the heat of the moment, and those committed in cold blood. A sane person would only commit the former (and then only when driven temporarily insane with pain/anger/etc., as in the guy who comes home to see his wife getting it on with some other guy and shoots them). A crazy person could commit either. Overall, I think that the only way that a murder can be committed is when the person is at least partially out of their mind when it's done. A person who is one hundred percent sane understands the consequences of such an act and that it's unacceptable.
Therefore, anyone who kills someone else will either come to regret it, if given enough time, or they are crazy (lacking in a certain ability to empathize with others). Of course, the justice system defines "insanity" slightly differently than I do.
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