>We'd have to cover every conceivable outcome. For my death, I would specify life in jail in one of the sections which contained the many different gangs. State sponsored death is too quick and too gentle. I'd rather they suffered for the rest of their lives. If by chance my child was murdered at the same time I was, being legally responsible for her until she is emancipated, I would specify:
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>http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/Torturepun.html

Well, just to keep it simple I would be willing to carry a card specifying the dragging-hanging-drawing-quartering thing for any and all offenses against my person ( including hurting my feelings or cutting me off in traffic ) or that of anyone I'm fond of - or just have them turned over to you on a day when you had a migraine or were just feeling cranky <bg> I would trust you to do the right thing.



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>>>What makes you think that you have the autority to talk in behalf of the murdered? If I am murdered, I want my murderer to go in jails, not be executed.
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>>>>That's easy for you to say. But for the murdered, it is justice.
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>>Actually, these two messages represent an interesting twist on the whole punishment debate : the wishes of the aggreived party i.e. the murdered. Perhaps we could carry in our wallets a card explicitly spelling out our wishes in case we are the victim of a murder. Yours would specify jail time, mine would specify something similar to what was done to those convicted of treason or setting fire to her majesty's shipyards in 16th century England. (Look it up, it isn't pretty) Not sure if it would act as a deterrant but I'd like to think it would at least engender genuine remorse on the part of my murderer <s>