Tragedy at University of Idaho

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I hope that, should I decide to flip out, I do so in a state that offers the firing squad.

I didn’t know that way of execution was still a thing.

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

Same cycle. Same society. Kohberger will go from “incel” with a knife to inmate with a fan club.

That goes without saying. Isn’t that wild?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

I didn’t know that way of execution was still a thing.

South Carolina, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Utah. Indiana is considering adding it.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by Zach

I get why you’d think a recluse might do okay in isolation, but prison isolation isn’t the same as just liking your own space. The human brain is hardwired for connection. Even introverts need some level of social interaction to keep their mental health stable. Without it, things start breaking down. Quick.

Studies I’ve read show that inmates in solitary confinement are almost 7 times more likely to harm themselves compared to the general prison population. I saw in a 2014 report from the American Journal of Public Health found that 53% of prison suicides occur in solitary, even though those inmates make up less than 5% of the population. That’s not a coincidence either.

And being high-profile like Kohberger, that’s not protection, it’s a target pretty much. It turns him into a trophy. Remember Jeffrey Dahmer? He was housed in a special unit at Columbia Correctional in Wisconsin, not general pop, and still got killed by another inmate in a work detail. Whitey Bulger, same thing, was murdered within hours of arriving at Hazelton prison. In both cases, it didn’t matter how secure the facility was. Word travels fast, and dudes serving life don’t care about consequences.

So yeah, even if Kohberger’s a recluse, it won’t protect him from the psychological toll or the danger. You can’t opt out of being human just because you prefer quiet. The system breaks people slowly. And someone like him, he’ll wear that target for the rest of his life. Should’ve taken the long trial route to get the death penalty.

This is what’s crazy to me. Dahmer’s killer said he killed him because he didn’t like the fact that he was considered a murderer. I’m thinking how much sense does that make? Murder is murder. If you murder somebody, why would you care that another dude in prison like you murdered 20 people? I also thought that Dahmer was in solitary for a minute, then released into the general prison population based on his own request? I could be wrong, but that’s what I thought. I don’t remember him being killed in solitary.

How much time do you think Kohberger will have in prison?

Originally Posted by carnation

Having taught in a jail for 20 years, I can confirm what Zach just said.

This right here proves you don’t know what folks have seen or been exposed to on GC in their careers.

Originally Posted by honeychile

South Carolina, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Utah. Indiana is considering adding it.

Damn! For real? All this time I thought that was a back in the day thing like hangings.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Damn! For real? All this time I thought that was a back in the day thing like hangings.

Actually, I think some states do have hanging as an option. Give me quick, hot metal poisoning any time!

LOL! I sound like I'm planning an execution! Trust me, y'all are safe!

EDITED TO ADD: Carnation could tell you some stories!

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Actually, I think some states do have hanging as an option. Give me quick, hot metal poisoning any time!

LOL! I sound like I'm planning an execution! Trust me, y'all are safe!

EDITED TO ADD: Carnation could tell you some stories!

See y’all? I told you honeychile opened up a can of whoop ass on pledges back in her day LOL!

I’m about to look it up to see if hangings are still a thing. If it’s an option, why would somebody choose that one?

Alright, Carnation, the spotlight is on you. Share the stories.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

See y’all? I told you honeychile opened up a can of whoop ass on pledges back in her day LOL!

I’m about to look it up to see if hangings are still a thing. If it’s an option, why would somebody choose that one?

BWAA HAA HAA about the pledges!

New Hampshire still has hanging on the books, but they're also abolished the death penalty, so it's a moot point.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by honeychile

BWAA HAA HAA about the pledges!

New Hampshire still has hanging on the books, but they're also abolished the death penalty, so it's a moot point.

That’s what I read too. But I think it still applies to anyone sentenced to capital punishment before the state repealed its death penalty, unless I read it wrong. I wonder how that would work.