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MoonRiver

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12. Life in jail does NOT have to include torture.

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 10:23 AM

Jan 2015

Bush and Cheney were sociopaths who seemed to enjoy the task of torturing those under their thumbs. France does not torture. Most of the civilized world does not torture. But these murdering bastards need to be locked away for the sake of innocent society.

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France's big mistake: lenient sentences handed out to the terrorists [View all] brentspeak Jan 2015 OP

But harsher sentences will just piss them off more ya know Sopkoviak Jan 2015 #1

So, somebody actively trying to kill people will be even more angry if the sentence is longer? nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2015 #2

It's a bit silly, isn't it? sibelian Jan 2015 #6

France could have learned a thing or two from us Capt. Obvious Jan 2015 #3

lots of room between two extremes. KittyWampus Jan 2015 #4

Not when you see the world only in black and white LordGlenconner Jan 2015 #5

+1 nt Live and Learn Jan 2015 #21

Oh. Was that guy a murderer? sibelian Jan 2015 #8

He was a terrorist Capt. Obvious Jan 2015 #9

Nor were these murderers at the time being discussed. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #17

Yeah, because life inprisonment for planning/abetting terrorism brentspeak Jan 2015 #11

Life in jail does NOT have to include torture. MoonRiver Jan 2015 #12

And this has nothing to do with the thread. GGJohn Jan 2015 #13

Nobody is advocating anything like that. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #15

Europe gets a lot of things right, but criminal justice is not one of them. Ykcutnek Jan 2015 #7

"In some cases a bit too", arguably, but in some cases (cannabis, for example) still too strict. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #18

The Nordic countries routinely top the rankings for best justice systems JonLP24 Jan 2015 #19

that's not merely lenient TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #10

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #14

I certainly don't favor the Jose Padilla option JonLP24 Jan 2015 #16

I didn't catch this the first time - suspended sentence JonLP24 Jan 2015 #20