You said — “Are you TRYING to misunderstand me?”
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Well, from what I read from you up above, you said — “What the heck is ten years incarceration going to accomplish that 5 years can’t?”
So, you’re saying (at least to me) that if someone is going to be in prison for more than (let’s say, like your example) — five years — then you kill the guy. Well, you’re predicting, ahead of time (if you decide to “kill him at the conclusion of the trial” — that this guy will not be rehabilitated in five years — thus, we’ll “kill him” now, to be done with it.
Well, I don’t think anyone would say that. Therefore, *no one* would ever be killed under that scenario, but would get five year sentences instead. And when you get to the end of five years and the guy is not rehabilitated by that time, he’s free. He’s served his time, but he’s not rehabilitated yet. So, what do you do, go another five years? Kill him then? How do you know he’s rehabilitated or not, before he gets out in society and does something else?
It doesn’t seem workable. As I said, no one would ever “kill someone” instead of simply giving him “five years”. And thus you would have a lot more criminals out on the street than we do now...
No. You’re wearing me out. One last time...
If they can’t be rehabilitated in 5 years, they can’t be rehabilitated. Granted, my 5 year number is pulled out of thin air and I could be off one way or the other by a few years(i’m no psychologist). But you get my point. Even though you are trying real hard to not get it, you still get it. It’s way to simple to not get.
There’s no excuse whatsoever to keep a human being locked up for 50 or 100 goddam years. NONE. It is totally asinine. It’s worse than that. It’s evil. And it is a waste of money to boot.