Nidal Hasan found guilty on all counts, 13 times murder

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

It amazes me that many people still think that a person on death row is cheaper than being imprisoned without parole. It is about 3 times more expensive actually.
Cheapest would be an immediate execution, but things like this can backfire badly. Maybe not in this case, but generally spoken.

I think letting him rot in a miserable prison cell would be a good thing. Why end his suffering with a needle? Let him rot...

Why cruelty when determination is sufficient. Immediate execution or life in prison - and let him work there to come up for the costs for his clothes, food, heating, guards' wages, etc. It indeed is not to be understood why society is expected to pay for criminals, or terrorists like this. Prisoner wants light in his cell? Let him work for the power bill. A TV? He has to pay.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Why cruelty when determination is sufficient. Immediate execution or life in prison - and let him work there to come up for the costs for his clothes, food, heating, guards' wages, etc. It indeed is not to be understood why society is expected to pay for criminals, or terrorists like this. Prisoner wants light in his cell? Let him work for the power bill. A TV? He has to pay.

I can't disagree with this, we have to work for the things we want, so should criminals, just because they try to take the short cut outside of jail doesn't mean they should inside it.

Honestly though, in this instance, one of those max security jails sounds like a good option, after a few years in that he'll be wishing he was executed.