Is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole cruel and unusual?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Option 3 for me.

Literally, yes.

So a man who repeatedly rapes and kills women should be allowed out of prison or a mental hospital after, say, twenty years?

If you are talking about prison only, I can respect and disagree with your logic. But do you guys oppose lifetime institutionalization of those who cannot be rehabilitated?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Option 3 for me.

Do you support life institutionalization of those repeat offenders who cannot be rehabilitated though?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Option 3 for me.

Do you support life institutionalization of those repeat offenders who cannot be rehabilitated though?

I highly doubt that there are very many if any offenders who cannot be rehabilitated. I would support a requirement that would allow a court to extend sentences in the event that they determine a prisoner is still considered a violent danger to society, to be reviewed yearly to ensure that they still are.

There are not many people who cannot be rehabilitated. But the Ariel Castro's of the world do exist, and they are not always insane. Some people are just flat out evil.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

So how do we handle these people?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Option 3 for me.

Literally, yes.

So a man who repeatedly rapes and kills women should be allowed out of prison or a mental hospital after, say, twenty years?

If you are talking about prison only, I can respect and disagree with your logic. But do you guys oppose lifetime institutionalization of those who cannot be rehabilitated?

I made no comment on what sort of penal policies that I think are or are not suitable. I merely pointed out the obvious: that a life term without the possibility of parole is, of course, cruel; and is also - and by definition - unusual.

My apologies, I misread your comment in a tone that seemingly endorsed an opinion on policy. My mistake.