Well I didn’t suggest this idea but one of the state COs suggested that if a life inmate dies during incarceration that they mummify him, stack him in a corner until his sentence was served. Time served.

That is a brilliant idea Irish. I think you should submit that plan to the Gov’s office. Would save a lot of money and still get the same result.

Would it be to screwed up to have the rest of the inmates on death row pedal bikes with generators to power the chair?

Commander I think this discussion also leads to being called for jury duty. A few years ago while I was still a CO the court called me for jury duty on a criminal trial. I knew that whoever the defendant was he certainly didn’t want me on his jury because sorry, you are guilty. When I got on the jury box the Judge who knows me very well said, “well officer you are excused maybe we can have you do a civil trial.” I am still the same way as a retired CO, don’t call me for a criminal trial, my mind is already made up. Guilty. Sorry about that but after 22 years I have no sympathy for someone who is a criminal.

The question about cruel and unusual punishment will always be a hot topic. What is right to some is not right to others. We, who have worked inside will always have a different opinion. We see them for what they really are. Not some show on television that depicts them as being human. No human covers their self in feces and then eats it. No human masturbates on females and then tries to ejaculate on them. No human spits on, throws urine on, or throws feces on another human being. So what is cruel to outsiders is fair game to us. Prisons are run by predatory Inmates who can’t wait to get back to the street to become famous. They thrive on the attention they get. There is no fear of being locked up in jail or prison. They will always be a POS. There are a select few who committed crimes and are generally remorseful and probably never commit another crime. Just not that many of them.

To that professor I would say; the cruelty and inhumaness is the point. It is the responsability of society to rid itself of such inhumane people. Illistration. Inmate Carl.B was arrested for murdering 2 people many years ago. In Oregon State Pr he murdered another inmate and if I remember correctly severely injured a correctional officer. Then he was transferred to a BOP facility. The murdering continued in prison. My personal experience was of a seemingly un-impressive older inmate who murdered his wife. Then when he was released he ater murdered his girlfriend.The when he was released again and was old he murdered the next girlfriend. How many would have been saved had he been executed the first time? I don’t believe that that the death penalty deters murder but it sure stops that same person from murdering again. When a human being finds it acceptable to take another human life in murder that person surely will not hesitate to take another in similar circumstances. I of course am speaking in generalities but when does it end if we as a society do not end it?

On one of the Linked in groups that I belong to we got about 30 posts regarding the death penalty. One of those most adamant for not using the death penalty is a Professor. Saying it was inhumane, archaic and totally unnecessary. I wrote back to him and others that we really need to think of the families of the victim. I further told him if some goofball murdered his wife or kids like the ones in Connecticut where the mother and two daughters were raped then burned to death while tied to a bed- he might change his mind on the death penalty.

I agree totally with Transporter. Always have thought that. Public hangings or televised electric chair. The deterrance would be easy to measure. Might not stop crimes but, it would cut down on the violence. I still believe that if you are caught in the act of molesting a child, their parent or grand parent should be the one who chooses your punishment. Again, a great deterrant.

I have absolutely NO problem with the death penalty except for the fact that we did away with old sparky. Lethal injection is stupid in my opinion because it is too easy on the POS that is on his way out. Call me cruel, inhumane, or just plain old mean…I say hang em or fry em. Either way the rest of them get the message. Laying down and going to sleep is far to easy on someone who may have been pure evil in their method of killing their victim.

I usually was that second shift pack-up officer.. Somedays running the gauntlet in that place just got down right brutal. Usually on those 90 degree summer days.

We (probably everyone in corrections) called that the B**** coming out. They would always say, White Shirt you knew I was playing right?? I would laugh and then ?????????

I always remember the bravado that inmates have when the are on the tier behind with their brothers. Once you remove the inmate from block or tier away from their cellmates they are usually not as noisy and demanding.

I always like when an Officer would call me down to the block. An Inmate would refuse his cell shakedown until the White Shirt got there. When I got there I immediately placed them in hand cuffs and escorted them to the hole. I would tell the Officer before we left in a loud voice, make sure you write him up for refusing a direct order. Word got around quickly and they wouldn’t refuse a shakedown. First one I had refuse to show his ID, took him to the hole and talked to him like a B***** in front of his dudes. Didn’t have that happen again. Good thing about working at LUC, my boss the shift captain didn’t care who we locked up, just tell him on the radio so he could get the pack up officer on his job and have the inmate checked by medical.

It was a lot better world back them Commander.Inmates knew there be hell to pay if they mess with us.
Now the inmates don’t want to give up their ID’s unless they see the Sgt,procedure we have when they violate a rule,or worse they can sue the state for any dumb reason…… They got rights,liberal crap….What about their victims…..

The only thing cruel and unusual about punishment, is that we can’t kill them the way they killed their victims. Imagine what a deterrant that would be. But, the libtards would never go for that. I say and eye for an eye. Go back to the way it was when I started in corrections. If you put your hands on a staff member, the other Inmates would fold up into a ball and say, “Damn I already feel the whuppin’ comin’ on. What was that fool thinking.” It was called respect. They knew not to touch us and we didn’t touch them unless we had to. Lot better world back then.

Lethal injection cruel and unusual punishment.Nope,I dealt with inmates that in my opinion should be put to death,from child killer,to those that prey on the weak,and gang initiation,killing to join a gang.Maybe 5% percent that I dealt with,usually lock up in adseg to keep them away from the rest of the population.
Maybe cause I believe is my job to protect the population from these scumbags.But why not,they kill for sport so am eye for am eye,or let them rut till they die in a cell without possibility of parole..
Screw the liberal crap.

There is no question that the capital punishment system is broken… especially here in California. I’ll let others argue about the pros and cons of the death penalty itself; for now it is the law of the land and the will of the people. The question, therefore, is what it will take to fix it.
I think the first thing is to reexamine our Constitution and to start questioning the morphed definitions used by both the opponents to the death penalty and by many of the members of our judicial system. Our founding fathers used the term “cruel and unusual”. They did not say “pain free” or intend that punishment should always be painless. Very few individuals would condone excessive amounts of inflicted pain or torture as being an acceptable part of the exercise of capital punishment; and that, I believe, is what the drafters of the Constitution wanted to guard against. However, to say that any imposition of capital punishment, or any other kind of punishment, for that matter, must be 100% pain free is to use convoluted semantics to defeat both the intent and the letter of the law.
The courts have made a similar mistake in failing to understand the distinction between “religion” and “God”. Our Constitution demands that organized religion cannot be comingled with the state; and except for those who believes in a theocracy, the benefits of keeping state and religion separate are obvious. But neither the founding fathers nor the Constitution ever intended to banish God from our private or public lives.
The second thing necessary to fix, not only our broken capital punishment system, but the entire judicial system, is for the courts to realize that there is no such thing as a “right” unless there is an equal and corresponding “responsibility”. If that was a predominant consideration by the courts during deliberation of these never ending appeals, many of the technicalities and loopholes would cease to exist, and the exercise of justice, rather than mere legalities, would be reinstated into our courtrooms.
But that’s just my opinion, and what would I know… I’m just a dumb cop.

What purpose is served by keeping a convicted murderer on death row for 20 years fighting the inevitable? If the US Supreme Court allows the death penalty (especially for killing police and correction officers) then let’s do it. As they say in Texas, “if you kill us, we kill you.”

I agree with irish. Some of these Inmates on Deathrow in Ohio, have been there for 18 or 20 years. Many of the victims family members especially parents. are either dead or moved out of state. I say exhaust all the appeals in the 1st 3 years. If by then, they have not cast a shadow of a doubt on their guilt, flip the switch. I would love to see America go back to public hangings. That would certainly give a person thought as to whether or not the wanted to commit a crime that heinous.

Whatever happened to an eye for an eye and all those other good ideas? Oh yeh, hippies took over. Whats cruel and unusual is denying justice and closure to the victim and families. All these twisted up DA’s and what not should be held just as responsible for their mistakes, Once someone is proven guilty beyond ALL shadow of doubt then fire up old sparky boys,it’s time to cook up some hot dogs! Oh, and all the bleeding heart hug a thugs would probably change their minds once they seen a “we flushed another turd stimulus check” in the mailbox.

Lethal injection …cruel and unusual? I say NO! it is not ,,, Hell I even said that i would be willing to save the state millions , by paying out of my paycheck the $87. and some change for the needle for all the inmates on death row, that way I could free up the 2.4 million ( that’s for one inmate ) that it takes for all the I didn’t do it’s court room appointments for just one inmate. ( 20yrs )… just think if i did that for all 299 inmates on death row that would be more for the Officers , and their Family’s . Oh crap , forgot about those bleeding die hards…lol
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Your right Shakey..I do believe mistakes are made and thier are innocent people in prison..however, if your 100% guilty you got coming what you got coming..and mick is right, rope is eco-friendly and safe

I have to agree with the two guys. And a Rope is re-usable, Non polluting and Eco-friendly. As for the appeals. I agree that mistakes are made but dragging the appeal process out over decades is crazy and only benefits the lawyers.

I’m with ya Striker, as long as we are 100% sure that the inmate is guilty then put me on the supply donation list also.

Because our justice system has idiots that just want a conviction no matter if the person is guilty or not, we do need those appeals. I for one could not look myself in the eye if I had a role in killing a innocent man.

I personally think that the criminal should get two choices on how he is to be executed..bullet or a rope..and if push comes to shove I can buy the rope or donate the bullet if they let me deliver it…I don’t mean to sound so callus but after seeing all the B.S. appeals these guys get and they complain about there rights being violated it sickens me to think the victim suffers and is no longer with this world..a mother or son or daughter or father lost to stupidity. Most of them didn’t do one damn good thing in there life and took from life more than what they gave. There all big and bad when grouped together, but when alone they cower as soon as their the victim. Now most of you probably think I don’t have any feelings or don’t care. I do care for the families, the vitims, and the hard working people that are just trying to meek out an existance and mind there own business. I care for the little kids who will never see a parent again and keep asking why it happened. You see, it is up to God to forgive them for what they did, however it’s up to people like me to arrainge the meeting. Take care and be safe guys