tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1631746939779475553..comments2024-03-28T12:13:06.135-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A sad, lonely end for a very dangerous manPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-74050872787414420942019-06-12T16:12:15.443-05:002019-06-12T16:12:15.443-05:00It has been my experience that people who are inca...It has been my experience that people who are incarcerated and placed on behavioral modification plans eventually follow the "program" as long as they are incarcerated.<br />The carrot and the stick (in one form or another per judicial interpretation) are the poorest and most often used tools to modify behavior.<br /><br />I contend that we do not need behavioral modification programs, but character modification programs.<br />A conversion to Christianity seems to be the quickest path to positive character modification.<br /><br />One of the outtakes from the Columbia County Longitudinal Study was that regular church (any church) attendance was correlated with kids not getting incarcerated at any time in their life. Think of it as an inoculation against going to jail.<br /><br />Religiosity does not necessarily indicate a person of good character. In fact overly overt religiosity makes me a tad nervous regarding a person's intent. <br />And I am sure you have had experiences with jailhouse conversions for manipulation purposes.<br /><br />The next thing you know we will be discussing transactional leadership and transformational leadership in behavior modification.<br /><br />Who'd a thunk it?<br /><br /><br /><br />waepnedmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114411043832799988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56959479086316023132019-06-12T15:07:15.968-05:002019-06-12T15:07:15.968-05:00"There have been too many convictions that we...<i>"There have been too many convictions that were later overturned on the basis of new evidence. One can release a wrongly convicted prisoner from confinement, but one can't bring back a wrongly executed one."</i><br /><br />I disagree. <br /><br />I've seen the "criminal justice system" up close and personal from the LE perspective and am convinced it cannot be fully trusted. From each of its components, there's enough incompetence, corruption, malfeasance and laziness to produce a sufficient number of cumulative errors to not trust that system with the authority to end an individual's life. <br /><br />I am, however, fully and completely in support of a death penalty being administered by the intended victim at the scene of the crime during the commission of the crime. <br /><br />As for executing inmates, I have no problem with making that a voluntary option; if the inmate, assuming adequate and stable mental faculties, voluntarily elects to terminate his life in captivity, I see no reason why his desire should not be fulfilled using reasonable and humane means.<br /><br />That assumes, of course, that sufficient highly visible and open mechanisms and procedures are employed to ensure the request is entirely voluntary, and that the request may be rescinded at any time (once requested, and the request rescinded, no further such requests will be honored to prevent serially abusing the review and examination process).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12197623933741034932019-06-12T13:35:07.631-05:002019-06-12T13:35:07.631-05:00Hmmm. Seems to be the modern version of the Bird ...Hmmm. Seems to be the modern version of the Bird Man of Alcatraz, who everyone thought was just like Burt Lancaster's portrayal, when, in fact, was actually a complete nutter who enjoyed causing pain and suffering.<br /><br />Good riddance. The world is a safer place with him gone.<br /><br />Some people, I feel, are truly touched by evil. One of them was my father-in-law. The world grew brighter when he passed.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-747279976810211562019-06-12T12:12:00.743-05:002019-06-12T12:12:00.743-05:00What does he have to lose by killing a guard? How...What does he have to lose by killing a guard? How about his health. In more enlightened societies, he would be beaten (repeatedly) by his guards so that he could not walk, let alone be a threat. Only in a corrupted, permissive society would this be otherwise. ANY hostile or non-compliant action on his part would be met by overwhelming force...tough love....<br /><br />It's called "attitude adjustment". His claims to humane treatment was forfeited with his first murder in the institution. <br /><br />Humane treatment is the law of the land?<br /><br />How is that working out for ya?elysianfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455259748394485019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48214327582542510292019-06-12T06:32:13.332-05:002019-06-12T06:32:13.332-05:00I'm of the same mind with the death penalty. ...I'm of the same mind with the death penalty. If they are caught in the act, or DNA and other evidence leaves no doubt, they should swing for a rope in less than a week. I'd add a few crimes to that class as well, forcible rape and child rape / murder would be added.<br /><br />Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil<br /><br />STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.com