Man gets 40 years for pouring boiling water on gay couple

[OGIS]

There are no guarantees in life.

There damn well better be with respect to government, or we eventually become like any 3rd world hellhole where the dictator of the moment can have first dibs on your wife and has you beaten or killed because he doesn't like the way you cried about it.

[Ethereal]

There damn well better be with respect to government, or we eventually become like any 3rd world hellhole where the dictator of the moment can have first dibs on your wife and has you beaten or killed because he doesn't like the way you cried about it.

What don't you understand about this? There are no guarantees in life. Mistakes will always be made. All you can do is try to minimize them.

[Archer0915]

Prison sentences should be indefinite, contingent upon rehabilitation.

Arbitrary lengths of imprisonment are just irrational.

So punitive should be indefinite?

[OGIS]

There damn well better be with respect to government, or we eventually become like any 3rd world hellhole where the dictator of the moment can have first dibs on your wife and has you beaten or killed because he doesn't like the way you cried about it.

What don't you understand about this? There are no guarantees in life. Mistakes will always be made. All you can do is try to minimize them.

Ah. I misunderstood the real intent of your first post. I understand the situation just fine. Don't try and run away into fake sneer ad hom.

"Minimize." Your word. The MINIMUM in any social/political/cultural behavioral situation is ZERO occurrence.

Therefore: what would you do to guarantee (zero occurrence) conflict of interest, so as to protect the essential rights of the felon? (Please don't try and deflect by saying the felon has no rights.)

[Ethereal]

So punitive should be indefinite?

Absolutely. Violent offenders should remain in prison until they are capable of returning to society. For some, like murderers and rapists, that threshold is unlikely to ever be met.

[Ethereal]

Ah. I misunderstood the real intent of your first post. I understand the situation just fine. Don't try and run away into fake sneer ad hom.

"Minimize." Your word. The MINIMUM in any social/political/cultural behavioral situation is ZERO occurrence.

Therefore: what would you do to guarantee (zero occurrence) conflict of interest, so as to protect the essential rights of the felon? (Please don't try and deflect by saying the felon has no rights.)

No, you don't understand.

Because there is no way to "guarantee" that someone won't be corrupt or incompetent.

You can only hope to minimize that possibility by establishing high standards, vetting applicants, and conducting periodic oversight.

[Archer0915]

Absolutely. Violent offenders should remain in prison until they are capable of returning to society. For some, like murderers and rapists, that threshold is unlikely to ever be met.

I am more of a traditionalist. Punitive should be swift and severe matching the crime in severity and after that the person should be given a choice, work to compensate the victim/family or die. I am not for this locked up forever crap, if they are that bad remove them from life so others are not paying for their crime.