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I remember, years ago there was a US teen that was sentenced (in another country) to 20 lashings for vandalism. It was all over the news that the punishment was too extreme because the boy would require several days of medical care to recover. There was a public uproar in the good old USA.

But, what if the US started lashing nonviolent convicted criminals instead of jail time. It would empty the jails and make criminals think twice before they committed another crime. This would reduce the cost of keeping prisoners and could be a strong deterrent for potential criminals.

What do you think?

~~HarryCanyon~~ · **~~HarryCanyon~~** Banned User ID: 94133 05-06-2012 08:52 PM **Posts: 626**

What do i think.....

Well first thought is..

Im know other countries use this type of punishment, i wonder how it works for them?

Second thought is i would look that up if i did not already know it does not work very well.

Third thought is add a mixture of Americanness to the picture and you get an even more unstable system.

**SPØT** · (This post was last modified: 05-06-2012 08:53 PM by SPØT.)

I remember; It was in Singapore.

He vandalised cars, was found guilty and was caned in the buttock before being deported.

**Bond, James Bond** Licensed to kill User ID: 007 05-06-2012 08:53 PM

Desperado Wrote:

I remember, years ago there was a US teen that was sentenced (in another country) to 20 lashings for vandalism. It was all over the news that the punishment was too extreme because the boy would require several days of medical care to recover. There was a public uproar in the good old USA.

But, what if the US started lashing nonviolent convicted criminals instead of jail time. It would empty the jails and make criminals think twice before they committed another crime. This would reduce the cost of keeping prisoners and could be a strong deterrent for potential criminals.

What do you think?

violence against nonviolent criminals?

STUPID!

**Ka$h Killa** lop guest User ID: 93310 05-06-2012 08:55 PM

Id say its better than jail. Would you rather get locked up with no internet acess for a year or get hit a few times and then go home?

**Peace Out** · (This post was last modified: 08-08-2012 07:25 AM by Peace Out.)

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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 93800 05-06-2012 09:20 PM

Our prisons have began using them as slave labor. They work for all sorts of corporations. So they want people in prison.

**Convicted Criminal**

Desperado Wrote:

But, what if the US started lashing nonviolent convicted criminals instead of jail time.

I hope that doesn't happen ... doomed

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Bond, James Bond Wrote:

Desperado Wrote:
I remember, years ago there was a US teen that was sentenced (in another country) to 20 lashings for vandalism. It was all over the news that the punishment was too extreme because the boy would require several days of medical care to recover. There was a public uproar in the good old USA.

But, what if the US started lashing nonviolent convicted criminals instead of jail time. It would empty the jails and make criminals think twice before they committed another crime. This would reduce the cost of keeping prisoners and could be a strong deterrent for potential criminals.

What do you think?

violence against nonviolent criminals?

STUPID!

Are you saying that a parent should not swat a child for disobedience?

**Gibbie** · **Gibbie** ^D ^D ^D whoa User ID: 49076 05-06-2012 09:54 PM **Posts: 7,187**

Ka$hKilla Wrote:

Id say its better than jail. Would you rather get locked up with no internet acess for a year or get hit a few times and then go home?

How did you get your internet access?

**Gibbie** · **Gibbie** ^D ^D ^D whoa User ID: 49076 05-06-2012 09:55 PM **Posts: 7,187**

Desperado Wrote:

I remember, years ago there was a US teen that was sentenced (in another country) to 20 lashings for vandalism. It was all over the news that the punishment was too extreme because the boy would require several days of medical care to recover. There was a public uproar in the good old USA.

But, what if the US started lashing nonviolent convicted criminals instead of jail time. It would empty the jails and make criminals think twice before they committed another crime. This would reduce the cost of keeping prisoners and could be a strong deterrent for potential criminals.

What do you think?

I'd take 20 lashings for a felony if it saved me a year in jail

**NutzMcTaffy** · (This post was last modified: 05-06-2012 10:08 PM by NutzMcTaffy.)

I'm for it... I think our laws here in the USA are too lenient

for example...

Rapists and Child Molestors should be castrated...and GPS device implanted so they could be tracked

but they call that too cruel
but they refuse to think of the kid or woman held against her will and raped or touched..

if we had strickter rules for SERIOUS crimes.. perpatrators would think twice.... ex... I could lose my dick..

just my 2 cents

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 79192 05-06-2012 10:11 PM

Any kids caught vandalizing should have their thumbs cut off. Just try spraying paint without thumbs, punk.

Jhikpghf

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 94897 05-06-2012 10:18 PM

I think perhaps if we went back to common law and treated everybody equally, then we would not be in the mess we are in.

I do mean interpreting common law in the correct way also, not just making up silly satutes or acts to entrap more people. I believe if we hadequality and a more fair structure instead of the elites, rich and then the rest of us, the world would be far happier.

I think the usa is heading like the nazis did with their prisoners, have them working for the corporations etc for f.all.

ftw.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 94911 05-06-2012 10:20 PM

i heard that prisons were started by the quakers as an experiment in their belief and to prove it the prisoner left alone in a cell with a bible would find god and forgive and commit no more crimes

(yeah i know religious free weekend but)