Break out the wood chipper?

DonDiego would prefer adherence to a well-thought-through thicket of Laws over improvisational decisions on the death penalty or anything else. Or even a hodge-podge of Laws which may be all that can be done anymore.

Here's Sir Thomas More explaining to a young man named Will Roper, why he would give the Devil himself the benefit of Law:

__from Act 1

Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!
More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man's laws, not God's — and if you cut them down — and you're just the man to do it — d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.

Ref: A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt

A Man for All Seasons... my all time favourite movie !

NOT looking for sympathy, condolences, etc.

I have personally been impacted by the murder of FIVE family members who were killed when two thugs burglarized the home, and than, using gasoline, set the house on fire. This happened back in the late 60's.

The two "youths" (about 18) were quickly apprehended by law enforcement, and CONFESSED to their crimes.

When the case went to trial, it ended up being ruled that the evidence gathered, including the confessions, gas can, etc, were inadmissible because they had not understood their rights or been properly mirandized. (I'm somewhat fuzzy about the details, as I spent years trying to "forget".)

My stance on the death penalty, and/or prison sentences is harsh. No probabtion. No parole. No early release. HARD time. No heat. No air conditioning. No television, libraries, phone calls, commissary, and more.

Damn it, those convicts are there to be punished for their crimes.

And it's time "we", the citizens, carried out those sentences.

I am not advocating lynch mob justice, nor would I participate in it.

I certainly had an opportunity or two to "avenge" the cold blooded murder of my family members. I did not. That would have made me no better than those two thugs.

Oh, yeah. One "died" in prison years later. Another prisoner murdered him. The other, I have no current details about.

DonDiego has added the reference to A Man for All Seasons to his earlier post; he had inadvertently neglected to include it.

A Man for All Seasons is definitely in DonDiego's top films of all times, . . . and it is his favorite play ever.
He's seen it several times, . . . the last time in Las Vegas, . . . on one of his most memorable days. DonDiego was in Las Vegas competing in a Las Vegas Hilton blackjack tournament, . . . and he took first place for a prize of $20,000 ! With the check safely tucked away in a hotel safe-deposit box, poor old DonDiego made his way toward the theater to enjoy Mr. Bolt's play.
On the way he stopped at a Chipotle Mexican Grill on South Maryland Parkway near the UNLV campus, when the chain was still something of a novelty. He informed the counter-girl that he'd never dined at a Chipotle, so she walked him through the process by which one constructs one's custom burrito. And at the end of the line, when DonDiego reached for his wallet she informed him that since it was his first time the meal was free. Free ! Truly DonDiego's Lucky Day.
With a full stomach DonDiego enjoyed the play at a nearby on-campus theater.

wood chipper is too humane. make them sit through several LV time share presentations, followed my having to hand out porn slapper cards on the strip and finally make them read all the political threads on LVA.

Older standby: Crucifixion!