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Old 10-18-2006, 03:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
jillio
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Originally Posted by zips View Post
In some circumstances its easy to say a life for a life...but each case has to be judged stood alone. Not everyone kills for the same reason....but look at Myra Hindley in UK. She spend her life behind bars with the best comforts in life (sat tv, silk undies, life of luxury)...where is the justice in that??? I do believe there are times when it would be "justice". I work in the legal profession and sometimes have strong views about this kind of thing...it depends on the circumstances!

Lethal injection is not as painless as you might think...although for the families I suppose there is no prolonged suffering which would be enough in their eyes.

This is a tricky subject and people replying may well pee people off, but hey ho...this is a discussion!!

zips x
I used the Myra Henley case as part of my research for a paper on Social Psycology of Justice. It was a strange case indeed!!!
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