[Jeffi0]

Originally posted by Neb: Well, let's say that life is a right, then, so when someone violates someone else's right to live, we violate their right to live. He'll end up reaping what he sowed. Why should we feed and give him a place to live for the rest of his life? Might as well stop him being a damn leech on society while we have the chance.

Just because he killed someone, it doesn't mean we have the right to kill him. Killing him won't cure his son of AIDs. What is important is that he is punished for his crime and he is prevented from doing it again. Throwing him in jail will accomplish that, so you don't need to kill him. A prisoner isn't "leeching on society" nearly as much as a welfare person does, and there are a LOT of people on welfare. It might cost the jail a few dollars a day for him, but what is that? The government rakes in billions each year, so supporting an entire jail might be the same as if a average businessman lived and payed taxes in another country. Not much money is lost. Like I said earlier, we didn't give him life so we shouldn't take it away.