>>>>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>>>Have you visited a prison? I have, and if you think it's anything like a 5-star hotel, you're sorely mistaken.
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>>>>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>>>>Yes, on the nightly news every night. haven't you seen the inmates watching tv, playing ping poing, basketball, handball, and lifting weights?
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>>>>>>>It's practically club med.
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>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>I repeat my question - haven't you seen the inmates watching tv, playing ping poing, basketball, handball, and lifting weights? I see this on TV all the time. I have. I can point you to mnay vids on Google showing this.
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>>>>>So, if you havn't see this, then maybe I'm not the one who has no idea what he's talking about?
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>>>>>I'm sure prison is not picnic, but at the same time, why inmates are allowed these things doesn't sound like punishment to em.
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>>>>Of course I've seen these things on TV. I've also seen riots, rapes, and murders in prisons reported on the news too. I'm not going to try to have a debate with you about it because you're argument is that "you saw it on tv so it's club med" and it's not possible for you to have a clue about the reality of what USA prisons are like based on a few choice new clips that the department of corrections allowed the media to have. Like I said (and Tamar indicated) - go visit one and get back with me.
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>>>My point is this, and it's correct, that inmates have WAY too many liberties in prison. Maybe if they all spent 23 hours a day in their
>>>cells, with no windows, in complete isloation, then maybe prison would be a deterrent. But since they can go play, excersize, and get
>>>three sqaures a day, doing the time doesn't fit the crime.
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>>Again you're incorrect. The end result would be that you would eventually have a very bitter person with a lot of psychological problems back out on the street - thus all that would do is make them more dangerous! Being able to exersize an hour or two a day isn't like some huge liberty and it's insane anyone would think it was. As for the 3 squares a day...huuuh? Dude come ON you have to feed them! Your point of view here simply don't hold water....
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>Remember that this discussion was about the death penalty. These inmates arn't going back on the street. Yet while they
>are sitting in prison for 20+ years expending state resources with appeal after appeal, they are being housed & fed, and given time to
>play ball & watch TV.
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>And maybe you better check your facts before you tell me I'm wrong. Most prison inmate that are released end up arrested again. Prison isn't a deterrent because it's too easy.

You can't honestly think that's why so many end up arrested again.