[Beastie]

Capital Punishment V LIFE in Prison.

This thread and poll was inspired by this thread.....

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=163722

If YOU had to choose which sentence YOU wanted which would you rather have??

Capital Punishment.. in which you WILL be killed STRAIGHT away.

Or.. LIFE in Prison until the DAY YOU DIE.

(I know you obviously can't choose in real life but lets just say if YOU could make a choice out of one or the other which would you choose)

And Why?

[Beastie]

I would rather have LIFE in Prison.

To be honest. I don't know what Prison is like. I could be naive to choosing this option. It COULD be easier just to have a quick death.

However.. I would risk going to prison. To be honest.. I think I could possibly be strong enough and last inside a room with only 4 walls. The thing that would scare me the most is the people. If I got beat up and that. This is a risk I would be willing to take.

[Jack_]

Life - it means they have to suffer more. Of course not in the modern prisons, it's too cushy. I mean a real prison, with no luxuries whatsoever. And capital punishment doesn't solve anything, it just promotes violence/torture/murder. I find it laughable that anyone would condone that sort of thing, especially when it comes to promoting it to children.

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Life - it means they have to suffer more. Of course not in the modern prisons, it's too cushy. I mean a real prison, with no luxuries whatsoever. And capital punishment doesn't solve anything, it just promotes violence/torture/murder. I find it laughable that anyone would condone that sort of thing, especially when it comes to promoting it to children.

READ the question.

It is about if YOU had commited a crime.. and got convicted BUT you was given the option..

So Jack.. would you choose to die straight away or live in Jail for life. The question is about YOU.

[Mystic Mock]

capital punishment because the criminals didnt show mercy to the victims, so why should we show mercy to the criminals? sorry i read the question wrong i would want prison if i was a criminal because you get xbox and playstation.

[InOne]

It all depends. If I didn't have a Conscience, I wouldn't care anyway and would just chill in jail. But if I felt remorse and it would eat away at me for the rest of my living days, then death.

[Jordan.]

Id rather just die.

[Niall]

I would choose life in prison. I am absolutely petrified of death. I couldn't just choose to die. At least with life in prison my life would be lived out normally-ish rather than being killed off.

Also there would be a chance of parole in prison (or is that not allowed here?) which would mean I could return to the normal world.

[MissKittyFantastico]

If I'd done something THAT bad then I would take the life imprisonment and deal with it.

[Lucy.]

Life in prison. If I murdered someone I should have to deal with it.

[Beastie]

[QUOTE=Me!;3832201]I would choose life in prison. I am absolutely petrified of death. I couldn't just choose to die. At least with life in prison my life would be lived out normally-ish rather than being killed off.

Also there would be a chance of parole in prison (or is that not allowed here?) which would mean I could return to the normal world.[/QUOTE]

No. READ the question again!

Sorry to be harsh!

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by thebeast

READ the question.

It is about if YOU had commited a crime.. and got convicted BUT you was given the option..

So Jack.. would you choose to die straight away or live in Jail for life. The question is about YOU.

Oh, sorry, I just read the title and skimmed the OP.

I guess I'd chose life inprisonment. I was going to pick capital punishment but then I remembered that I'm absolutely petrified of death, and it would a terrible ordeal. On the other hand I'd be absolutely petrified of the people inside prison, but I'd much rather be alive than dead. I don't think I could deal with the thought of leaving my family behind either [well, in the sense that I'd died anyway].

[Niall]

Originally Posted by thebeast

No. READ the question again!

Sorry to be harsh!

Ah ok.

Well then I still pick prison lol!

[setanta]

Life cuz I've obviously been wrongly imprisoned and need time to hatch a plan for a jailbreak.

[ILoveTRW]

Life in prison because id be out within 10 months

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

Life in prison because id be out within 10 months

That is similar to what i was going to post.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

Life in prison because id be out within 10 months

more like a day.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by thebeast

I would rather have LIFE in Prison.

To be honest. I don't know what Prison is like. I could be naive to choosing this option. It COULD be easier just to have a quick death.

However.. I would risk going to prison. To be honest.. I think I could possibly be strong enough and last inside a room with only 4 walls. The thing that would scare me the most is the people. If I got beat up and that. This is a risk I would be willing to take.

Lol, I thought at first this thread was about which punishment I would rather have for a paedophile or murderer.

If I had to choose for MYSELF then I think it would be capital punishment, something quick and humane, assuming I had done something terrible enough to deserve it. I really couldn't imagine spending a week in jail, never mind years and years - I would become a basket case. Besides I'd be doing the country a favour as it would only cost them the price of an injection! A kind of payback to society.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by jedward fever

capital punishment because the criminals didnt show mercy to the victims, so why should we show mercy to the criminals? sorry i read the question wrong i would want prison if i was a criminal because you get xbox and playstation.

You can also continue your studies and gain a degree or two, or learn a language, take up art classes, write several novels, etc etc - in fact it could be the best thing that ever happened to you

[GypsyGoth]

I clicked Capital Punishment, well I didn't read the question I thought this was about what we would do with criminals.

[MTVN]

I have an absolute fear of dying so I didnt pick capital punishment although I've also wondered whether life would really be worth living when you know you'll be behind bars for the rest of your life.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I clicked Capital Punishment, well I didn't read the question I thought this was about what we would do with criminals.

i thought the same thing.

[Kazanne]

Although I said I would take life in prison,I was being flippant,which i shouldn't have been ,so thinking about it were i ever to murder anyone,I dont think I could live with myself so therefore I would go with capital punishment or do it myself,but it would have to be lethal injection,I dont want any pain!!as I really dont know how people can live with themselves after taking anothers life especially a child,how could you walk arounnd smiling,laughing and enjoying life knowing you have snuffed someone elses out?

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by kazanne

Although I said I would take life in prison,I was being flippant,which i shouldn't have been ,so thinking about it were i ever to murder anyone,I dont think I could live with myself so therefore I would go with capital punishment or do it myself,but it would have to be lethal injection,I dont want any pain!!as I really dont know how people can live with themselves after taking anothers life especially a child,how could you walk arounnd smiling,laughing and enjoying life knowing you have snuffed someone elses out?

The OP never says you've been charged with murder though, I think the reason you've been arrested is supposed to be irrelevant tbh.

[AJ.]

Wow didn't think so many people would choose capital punishment. Capital punishment is pretty disgusting imo no matter what the crime, what happened to two wrongs don't make a right? I don't think any rationally thinking man should be able to choose whether someone else lives or dies.