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Mon Dec 21
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12/11/09
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But on the other hand, rotting away in jail seems like a fine option too. Death is too easy in executions: they put you to sleep like a pound puppy. That isn't enough agony for me.
12/11/09
And yes, life in prison is pretty fucking harsh in and of itself. I think a lot of people underestimate just how bad it would suck to rot away until you are an old person in a place like that while the rest of the world goes on outside and eventually forgets about you.
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It's bad enough their granddaughter was murdered and their daughter is mentally disturbed, to have to see their child executed adds unnecessary agony to people who did nothing wrong.
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I'm torn on the death penalty. I wish Karla Homolka, who struck a deal and is out and has her own child now, was sent to death. Same with Paul Bernardo.
12/11/09
All that being said, however, I am glad we do not have the death sentence in Canada. I've read too many wrongful conviction cases, even in the era of DNA evidence. Our system is too flawed for the death penalty to be defensible, in my opinion.
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That said, I entirely agree with the commenters who say that women who kill their children are treated more unfairly in court. It's likely that she would get the death penalty if found guilty.
Also, I'd pick death by firing squad.
12/11/09
Note: I'm not a fan of the death penalty in general. I do think that life imprisonment would be worse than death, which is part of the point - it's punishment. Also, if new evidence emerges, it means people who were falsely imprisoned get released, rather than having their names cleared after they're killed by the state.
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Good point about choice, btw. If someone hurt someone I loved I'd want them locked up in a tiny room until they died. I'd want to know they were suffering.
Goodness, I'm cheery!
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it also fails as a deterrent to crime, as it has about the same deterrence rates as life imprisonment, if memory serves.
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*I don't support the death penalty, but I'm curious as to why they think it shouldn't apply here
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Death Penalty would be a treat compared to that.
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However, I think it's typically a racist and unfair punisment, meted out in what are, to me, prejudiced ways.
So, I don't know how to feel about this case.
12/11/09
On top of that, I think the fact that I'm not a very religious person makes the death penalty for those who are truly guilty seem like sort of an easy way out. If I believed that once they were killed, they would burn in hell for all eternity, that would be one thing...but since I don't necessarily believe that, I'd like to know that they'll suffer in jail while on Earth.
12/11/09
And Bunsen Honeydew is quite right: if you want Biblical-style vengeance, lock her up with mothers who love their kids and can't see them. Even if no physical harm comes to her, that's going to be one rough sentence.
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I can't speak for Soderbergh -- he wasn't there -- but as for those running the company itself, I have to say, they were clearly interested in the journalism/media aspect, and nothing they said struck me as remotely exploitative. They spoke with deep respect about the New York Times, saying that none of the media outlets in Australia approached its quality, and they were clearly disturbed by the media sensationalism in their home country and here.
I don't know how to feel about this play either -- I was quite taken aback by the idea when they first described it -- and I have no idea what Soderbergh's motives might be. But I do now have a great deal of faith in the professional integrity of the Sydney Theatre Company, and I'm willing to reserve judgment. #totmom
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Nancy Grace being a famewhore about it is no surprise, but honestly I'd be surprised if the play didn't involve skewering her role in all of this. Her interpretation of the play on her site may not be accurate.
Art, in all its forms, can help us make sense of things, as well as make us look at something with a new angle. I trust Soderbergh as an artist to handle this with some grace(no pun intended) and not to turn this into TMZ: The Musical. #totmom
11/01/09
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That being said, there's something a little too "Ripped from the Headlines"/Law & Order about this. But it could also be brilliant, so I guess it all remains to be seen. #totmom
10/31/09
And yet another reason why Jon Gosselin is pure amateur at this 15 minutes game. Can he be original for once? Nope? Yeah, I didn't think so either.
#jongosselin
10/31/09