The Ariel Castro case...1000 years??

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  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    I'll never support the death penalty. take this extreme case...

    George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was, at age 14, the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.[1]

    Stinney was convicted of murdering two pre-teen girls after police said he confessed to the murders. But the question of Stinney's guilt, the validity of his alleged confession and the judicial process leading to his execution has been criticized as "suspicious at best and a miscarriage of justice at worst",[2] and as an example of the many injustices African-Americans suffered in courtrooms in the United States in the first half of the 20th Century.[3]



    now i doubt well execute another 14 year old but waht about 18? our court system gets so many cases wrong that they shouldn't have the option to kill anyone.
  • emaren
    emaren Posts: 934 Member
    There is no reason that he should be kept alive that I can see.

    The issue comes when it is time for someone to pull the trigger, inject the venom, surely that is murder, however justifiable.

    Maybe lock him up with no food, no water, no light and let him die a horrible, forgotten death ?

    The trial costs us many thousands of dollars, his future 'board and keep' runs into hundreds of thousands. At approx. $47K/ year and assuming he will live 20+ years and just keeping him alive will costs a million dollars, more if you factor in inflation.

    There is no reason to keep him alive, he will never see the outside world, he has no right to do so.

    Stick him in a box and bury it.

    Along with the rest of the lifers......
  • tlou5
    tlou5 Posts: 497 Member
    and then when hes in prison theyre probably going to segregate him from the general population...wheres the justice/punishment in that?!!!~
    Yeah, justice would be to put him in the same cell with Bubba, where he would be 'loved' every day for the rest of his life.

    This
  • estatitra
    estatitra Posts: 80 Member
    How ironic is that those three girls have to pay for his food and place with tax dollars.
  • gonzo0612
    gonzo0612 Posts: 48
    There is no reason that he should be kept alive that I can see.

    The issue comes when it is time for someone to pull the trigger, inject the venom, surely that is murder, however justifiable.

    Maybe lock him up with no food, no water, no light and let him die a horrible, forgotten death ?

    The trial costs us many thousands of dollars, his future 'board and keep' runs into hundreds of thousands. At approx. $47K/ year and assuming he will live 20+ years and just keeping him alive will costs a million dollars, more if you factor in inflation.

    There is no reason to keep him alive, he will never see the outside world, he has no right to do so.

    Stick him in a box and bury it.

    Along with the rest of the lifers......
    THIS!!
  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    Now, I am not saying that this guy deserves to live a life of luxury. Prison should not be fun. They should be self sufficient, grow their own food, make their own clothes and NOT be funded by tax payers. No reason criminals can't work while in jail rather than watching tv.

    QFT! I hate the amount of amenities that we provide for criminals! They have better cable packages and gym areas than I can afford!!! Where is the justice there?!?!? It's bull!!
  • Alyssah09
    Alyssah09 Posts: 357 Member
    I think he should be put in general population :) None of this isolation crap.
  • emaren
    emaren Posts: 934 Member
    I think he should be put in general population :) None of this isolation crap.

    But, But, But.......

    Prison is supposed to rehab criminals so that they can pay a price and then be let out in order to take their place in society.

    Not do societies dirty work :)
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
    I'm just tired of the whole thing, and as a Clevelander I am embarrassed for Northeast Ohio... I wish the three women the best in reconstructing a new life, and I hope Castro is forgotten in his solitary hole. The end.
  • skinnymalinkyscot
    skinnymalinkyscot Posts: 174 Member
    Leaving aside the miscarriage of justice themes, there is No doubt whatsoever in this case that Ariel Castro is guilty. 100% guilty as charged. He abducted, raped, abused & tortured those 3 women and also murdered 5 babies, we the public will never know how far advanced those pregnancies were, in my mind he doesnt deserve to live. As to who flips the switch on that electric chair there are many people who would volunteer with relish. Life in prison may seem like he is suffering , but I would rather he was propelled into the bowels of hell to dance on the end of the devils pitchfork for eternity sooner rather than later, he may not like prison but a far worse fait awaits him in the next life.
  • Doodlewhopper
    Doodlewhopper Posts: 1,018 Member
    So basically for the rest of his miserable life we have to pay for his food and health care? This sounds horrible, but things like this make me wish we had back alley executions. Just put a bullet in the back of his head and be done with it.

    Port Arthur, Texas was a wild & wooly port and oil center. This is where Texaco and Gulf Oil originated. Roughnecks and sailors from all over the world lost their money and sometimes blood in this raw bone town.

    One of the main streets, Houston Ave was crowded with saloons, gambling and cat houses. There was an alley that ran parallel to Houston Ave behind these establishments known as "Mistreatment Alley". It was there that justice as well as misjustice was served.

    Disputes, debt collection, thugs, cattle thieves, claim jumpers, card hustlers, pirates & the occasional explorer were tended to in this alley. Once a bully lawman was pulled off the train and lynched from a street lamp on the corner of Mistreatment Alley. His body supposedly hung there for quite some time. The alley is still there to this day.
  • SidsMom80
    SidsMom80 Posts: 97 Member
    A quick death would not be an adequate punishment for his crimes. He kept those girls captive for over 10 years. I hope he is not killed in prison. I hope he spends at least the next decade being treated the way he treated those girls.

    I also hope that he doesn't get any parental rights to the little girl. He is filling to get them since right now there is a no contact order for all 4 of them.

    I think those girls are strong, and with the right help they will move forward. It'll take time, but I believe they are determined to not lose anymore of their lives to him.

    I am also thankful for the girls that the state worked out a plea deal to avoid a trial and putting them through a public spectacle.

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