>>>Captial punishment is not a deterrent because the criminals sit on death row for 20+ years, at taxpayer expense, with all the
>>>amenities of a modern 5 start hotel. Why would a career criminal care if they were put on death row? They're going to die of old
>>>age anyhow. Most prisons rival health clubs with TV's, weight rooms, handball and basketball courts, etc. Prison is most certainly
>>>not a deterrent when life in the inside is better than life on the outside.
>>
>>Have you visited a prison? I have, and if you think it's anything like a 5-star hotel, you're sorely mistaken.
>>
>>Tamar
>
>Yes, on the nightly news every night. haven't you seen the inmates watching tv, playing ping poing, basketball, handball, and lifting weights?
>
>It's practically club med.

You have no idea what you're talking and I dare to go visit one. Tamar said she has visited one and so have I (had a girlfriend who's brother had gotten in some trouble). Anyone who's actually been inside one of these facilities knows the truth - which apparently you do not.