# The death penalty for child rape! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975 "2003-08-27T14:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/181 "2003-09-12T18:41:51Z")
Even if he is sentenced to prison for life he runs the risk of really receiving the death penalty. Prisoners do not take a liking to crimes against children. Look at the priest that raped all those children. Look at Jeffery Dahmer. (Ok this one is a little extreme but he did commit the crimes against some young men) I think capital punishment should be reserved for “murder” It’s sad, but I don’t believe that you can change the drive in a man if he wants to rape children. I see no rehabilitation for this man. I wouldn’t even bother trying to send him to counseling in jail. I think they should bring back the chain gangs! ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/182 "2003-09-13T00:04:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Snake_ \*\*I have an idea. How about we take everyone sentenced to death in the US to a central maximum security prison. Then, all of the anti death penalty people can send in their donations to keep these scabs alive. Once the money runs out, start up the death machine and start with the prisoner with the longest tenure until the budget evens out again. I tell you what , they’ll get tired of writing checks pretty damned quick and you’ll start hearing them say things like " Uh yeah … uh … that guy really WAS bad " > > As long as the majority of US citizens want to have the death penalty, it should be used. Well, unless somebody wants to get out their checkbook …\*\* Let’s make all the pro-death penalty people pay the extra cost to kill the offenders! Then when they realize it’s just cheaper to give them life imprisonment instead of satisfying their blood lust, you’ll start hearing “uh yeah… well I guess I don’t want him dead THAT badly.” ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/183 "2003-09-13T00:14:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monty \* > \*\*I have another idea, Snake: how about you showing that it’s not more expensive to house the prisoners for life instead of executing them. Be sure to include the costs of the trials and appeals. > > Or better yet: Make a valid argument instead of that stupid crap you just posted. \*\* Monty Monty Monty . Can we also add in the cost of all the frivolous law suits filed by prisoners sentenced to life also ? I’m sure you’ve heard or read about these. Supposedly , John Doe’s religion demands he screw a live chicken every 12 hours or else he needs a sex change. I’d be willing to bet that if ALL the costs of life imprisonment were compared to the death sentences, death would actually be cheaper. It is a shame that compiling those statistics is just about impossible, unfortunately. I’d be interested on how they compare. Now, onto your second point. My idea is stupid ? Why ? Because it puts the emphasis on you, your money, and your conviction instead of everyone else ? Tell me what i said in my idea is false. You can’t because you KNOW that when it came down to the bottom line, your short arms couldn’t reach your pockets to donate to your precious cause and the Central Death Prison would be empty pretty damn quick. ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/184 "2003-09-13T00:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blalron \* > \*\*Let’s make all the pro-death penalty people pay the extra cost to kill the offenders! Then when they realize it’s just cheaper to give them life imprisonment instead of satisfying their blood lust, you’ll start hearing “uh yeah… well I guess I don’t want him dead THAT badly.” \*\* C’mon, Blalron. Its not about blood lust . Its about being done with these people once and for all. Once they are dead, our responibility for them is done. And yes, I WOULD donate willingly to the fund to make these people disappear. I guess you’d rather have Prisoner X sitiing in his cell playing with himself and giggling like an idiot for as he thinks about what he did with little John or Jane Doe. Yeah, thats a much better plan. Ugh ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/185 "2003-09-13T00:32:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snake \* > \*\*C’mon, Blalron. Its not about blood lust . Its about being done with these people once and for all. Once they are dead, our responibility for them is done. And yes, I WOULD donate willingly to the fund to make these people disappear. > > I guess you’d rather have Prisoner X sitiing in his cell playing with himself and giggling like an idiot for as he thinks about what he did with little John or Jane Doe. Yeah, thats a much better plan. Ugh \*\* I don’t think the value of a human life is dependent upon the worst thing that somebody has done. If we as a society have allowed somebody like this to grow up to be what he is, we should take collective responsibility for our mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/186 "2003-09-13T00:43:02Z")
Gee, Snake, I see you’ve opted for the “post more bullshit” response. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/187 "2003-09-13T00:48:59Z")
> [@](#): > > I guess you’d rather have Prisoner X sitiing in his cell playing with himself and giggling like an idiot for as he thinks about what he did with little John or Jane Doe. Yeah, thats a much better plan. Ugh I’d rather have prisoner X stay in prison for the rest of his natural life, eventually realize the gravity of what he has done, and feel deep remorse. ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/188 "2003-09-13T02:50:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monty \* > \*\*Gee, Snake, I see you’ve opted for the “post more bullshit” response. \*\* And I see you’ve again opted to pussy out of trying to refute my theory. ``` Later ``` ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/189 "2003-09-13T02:54:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blalron \* > \*\*I’d rather have prisoner X stay in prison for the rest of his natural life, eventually realize the gravity of what he has done, and feel deep remorse. \*\* I wish i had your faith in humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975/190 "2003-09-13T16:43:47Z")
**Snake** wrote: > [@](#): > > I wish i had your faith in humanity. you do have faith in humanity. You have faith that trials always produce the correct outcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-for-child-rape/197975.md?page=9)