• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    No, I don’t think the death penalty is acceptable. It’s pretty well-researched why it doesn’t work very well.

    And yes, I do think this sentence, at a minimum, is acceptable. Not even necessarily as a punishment (although that’s part of it), but because a small amount of people simply have to be kept separate from the public because they will never be safe to be around. This man is one of them.

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      4 days ago

      52 years, so he’ll be 70 when eligible for release. aint gonna be much of a threat then, if he even makes it that far, being a child murdered in prison and all.

      He’ll get to see if cyberpunk becomes a reality or not. coz he’ll be in prison until at least 2077.

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        4 days ago

        I dunno, even a 70 year old can do some damage. Particularly to someone vulnerable, and if they use a weapon.

        Which is exactly what he did. He stabbed young kids.

        I think a 70 year old psychopath brandishing a knife is still a danger to society. I hope he gets thoroughly assessed to see if he’s fit for release when the time comes.

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          4 days ago

          yeah sure, 2077 is just the first date he will be eligible for release.

          I strongly suspect he will die in prison though.

          What a fucking waste of a 13 year old (or whatever age it was we went), turning into this. What a waste of those poor kids. Fuck everything to do with this, but especially those taking political opportunity off it.

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          2 days ago

          I doubt he will make it to 70 years old, being in prison for murdering children and all.

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              9 hours ago

              I hope he is cured of his moral braindeath soon and then actually feels the appropriate level of guilt for his actions, and is prevented from ending his own life over it.

              I mean imagine if you woke up one day, realised and remembered every second of how you murdered 3 little girls, stabbing at them like some sort of crazed rabid dog, and that you realised you knew what you were doing and did it on purpose. Could you live with yourself after that? how much would that guilt burn your soul to cinders? How horrifically impossible would it be to deal with that?

              Imagine that feeling for just a second, if you can.

              That’s how I want him to feel, forever and ever with no possibility of escape.

              I feel that would be a punishment far worse than death, but I’m not sure he will ever feel that, sadly.