I concur...but there's a major problem: once the rapist gets the life sentence, what punishment do you then inflict? Double-secret-probation life sentence?
And hell, sentencing an HIV-positive rapist to death is an exercise in futility. What with all the automated appeals, the HIV+ prisoner will die of his disease long before his date with the executioner comes up.
Personally, I think all prisoners should be in solitary confinement and only allowed out of the cell when fitted with a shock collar. No TV. No cable. No girlie mags. No working out to be an even greater menace to society when they get released.
Inhumane? Perhaps...but it's a far cry from being raped by bubba, ain't it?
If someone is convicted of another rape while in prison, lifetime in solitary confinement would be appropriate.
"Personally, I think all prisoners should be in solitary confinement and only allowed out of the cell when fitted with a shock collar. No TV. No cable. No girlie mags. No working out to be an even greater menace to society when they get released."
That kind of isolation is hell on a person - when they do get out, they are unable to live among other people. It's a pretty common side effect of long term solitary.
It should be possible to have prisons where the prisoners are under constant closed circuit monitoring to prevent rape.