Comments by "Ginny Jolly" (@ginnyjollykidd) on "Leopold \u0026 Loeb's Perfect Murder Gone Wrong (The Case Of)" video.

  1. So the State wants the defendants to suffer as part of their penalty? Fine. That's reasonable. And both sides say the judge must abide by the law. That's fine, too. There are 3 penalties under the law: hang by the neck until dead. Serve a 14-year sentence. Or life imprisonment with no parole, no chance of release. Fine. What could possible be suffering if hanged? Momentary or maybe a longer period of suffering decided by whether the defendants' necks snap or they die of suffocation. N.B. A person hanging and suffocating to death would go unconscious before death due to the starvation of the brain of blood supply. After the defendants die, there is no more chance whatsoever of rehabilitation or restitution. And no death has ever served as a "lesson" of consequence to force or even encourage compliance with the law. Remember these two defendants felt themselves above the law. It would be useless as a societal lesson. These are my arguments against death penalty. Also my personal abhorrence to killing in cold blood, which the death penalty is. I couldn't pull the gallows lever, throw the electric chair switch, or administer the lethal injection. I defy anyone who cares about mercy and justice to be able to do this without themselves hurting. Both sides agree on removing the defendants from society. Death penalty undermines suffering and produces Momentary satisfaction and expression of passionate anger. It doesn't make them suffer as much as the state and probably the plaintiffs want. What would? Leaving them alive. If the judge chose a 14 year sentence, that would give these young defendants a very long time to experience a life in which NO ONE is above the law. 14 years is a long time to be taken down a peg or 2. It is possible —even for these cold - blooded, immoral murderers —to learn society's lessons. And it is possible they could return to society. I've seen at least one person in what I feel is a comparable position. If a permanent separation is taken, this does not preclude rehabilitation and learning. It just separates them from society permanently. And if my taxes pay for jailing, a cot, and three squares a day for the rest of their natural lives, to me it is tax money well spent. I vote for life sentence with no parole. Also, more and more restorative justice is being served which seems to help victims heal, and it forces perpetrators to face what others have suffered from their crimes. Community service also is part of it. Even if they do not return to society, the defendants can still do community service.
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