Opinion of the ban against the death penalty for child rapists

[SPC]

I am for restitution for the victim with regards to criminal punishment. Whereas the victim is dead in the case for a murder, and thus the only just restitution is the death penalty, the child victim in the case of a rape is still alive to receive restitution, thus a more proper punishment would be for the criminal to provide payment for damages to the child. However, executing the child rapist doesn't accomplish anything. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court decision was a case of judicial activism.

[SPC]

The probem we have in the United States is that our prison system is weak. The system is suppose to be a form of punishment (not to exceed the 8th amendment of course). Prisions get cable TV and some even get conjugal visits. What ever happened to hard labor and chain gangs? They are in prision to punished for their crimes. Prision should be a punishment that will make people wish that they were dead instead.

Until we revamp the prison system and make it harsh for murders and rapists, the death penalty needs to stay in tact.

Personally, I would actually favor the death penalty for child rapists and hard labor for murders.

That is a lose-lose situation, though. Surely you think that the victim of a crime should receive proper restitution? If so, then shouldn't the prisoner be providing that restitution rather than doing hard labor for a prison?

[SPC]

Forced labor for life seems like an appropriate punishment than the death penalty.

Forced labor for whom? The victim or some company that wants to profit from slave labor? If its the former, then that might be a little harsh, but the victim must consent to it; it makes no sense why a judge knows better how to punish someone than the victim themselves. If its the latter, than it is a lose-lose situation. The rapist is a slave, and the victim hasn't been provided any restitution. The only entity to win from this situation is a government-backed company.