The death penalty or life in prison for Joseph Smith?

[mf_dolphin]

While I'd like to personally strangle virus writters since I have to deal with our company's internet security, most of today's computer virus's are inconviences as opposed to real threats. People who don't have up to date anti-virus software and major ISP's that don't screen e-mail for virus's are the major cause for their spread. Hardly of the same stature as the murder of an innocent child.

[Lindaloo]

Me too MF. That Slammer Worm tried to access my computer again last night. So it is still out there!! Thank goodness for virus scan.

I find that truly shocking that someone could compare a computer virus to the murder of an innocent child. Very sad.

[Derek Ortt]

Then call me a sad person.

Maybe because my work strictly involves computers and it is a fielkd that impacts many, but if an unknown virus ever were to get through to shut down say rsmas, hrd, and nhc (or other university and gov't agencies), or if someone accidently sent the access launch codes via hacking to military instillations, the consequencies would be far worse and many innocents would be affected. Not to mention the possible economic fall out, which would place millions in very rough situations.

Note: this is in no way saying murder is OK nor am I condoning it. Life in prison without any chance of parole should and must be the sentence if he is convicted and he MUST not receive any priveledges, except that to remian in his cell for 24 hours and eat nothing but stale bread and water for the rest of his life. The point of my origional post was to say it is not us who says who is going to fry in hell, when biblical evidence states otherwise (if it were up to humans, Mary Magdelene would never have been allowed to become the Lord's best friend)

[mf_dolphin]

In the last 2 weeks at work we've had a little over 300 e-mails with Doom-A virus alone. Thank goodness we have a multi-level anti-virus solution in place. It takes me a full hour every day just going through the logs just to make sure...

[Derek Ortt]

We've had a few get through, nothing on orca though. Only problem we've had was when I was a moron and left a MATLAB job running by mistake and slowed down another computer. We only discovered this Thursday

[mf_dolphin]

I'd been telling our Exec staff that we were vulnerable for a year and then about 4 months ago we had a worm get through. We didn't lose any data but we must have lost hundreds of man-hours cleaning up the mess it left. After that they finally approved my requested upgrades LOL .

Derek, the problem I have with the "Life Sentances" is that they often aren't life and those that are include TV, weight rooms, law libraries, etc etc etc.

[Derek Ortt]

That is the problem that I also have. However, we need to reform the prisons to make them punishment. The thought of stale bread and remaining in the cell for 24 hours a day for the rest of ones life without any TV or books, just having to think about one has done should be enough to deter anything.

[Lindaloo]

Someone already did gain access to military info. It affected about 800 military families. Sad indeed.

[streetsoldier]

Well, if it HAS to be "life" MAKE it "life" w/o possibility of parole...especially in an Arizona-style tent prison in the middle of the desert.

NO weight rooms, law books, air conditioning, and no hope of escape...unless the con wants to die of dehydration, heat stroke, snake bites, scorpions, etc.

And the "meals"? Undyed bologna on white bread.

THAT, I could live with.

[Skywatch_NC]

The death penalty definitely for that MONSTER!!

He shouldn't have been free to roam the streets anyway with his past criminal record...screwed-up courts!

Eric

[blizzard]

Without too much explanation, I voted for the death penalty. Although, if he were sentenced to life in prison, he would probably die before he would if he got the death penalty. He would die at the hands of the other inmates rather painfully.

[TexasStooge]

My mom suggested castration on that man.

[GalvestonDuck]

My mom suggested castration on that man.

But would it help? I haven't heard any details about what all happened to Carlie Brucia, but I'm willing to guess there was probably sexual assault before he killed her. However, many child predators don't need or use the obvious body parts during an assault. And it surely wouldn't have stopped him from killing her. Maybe if they cut off his hands also.

[JCT777]

Well, if it HAS to be "life" MAKE it "life" w/o possibility of parole...especially in an Arizona-style tent prison in the middle of the desert.

NO weight rooms, law books, air conditioning, and no hope of escape...unless the con wants to die of dehydration, heat stroke, snake bites, scorpions, etc.

And the "meals"? Undyed bologna on white bread.

THAT, I could live with.

100% agreed. I think life in prison with no parole under the conditions you have described is the perfect punishment.