Can/should murderers and rapists be reformed?

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I would say toss them into a lake of boiling hot lava and laugh at them as they burn to death! No worries the intense heat will kill them swiftly and little pain will be felt due to shock!The result would be like this organic waste container!![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq7DDk8eLs8[/youtube]Of course whats the difference between a serial killer, rapist, and a bag of garbage these days anyway?

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I know. I put a Smilie face after impossible.

The best reason for the death penalty (rather than life in prison without parole) is that it prevents the rest of us from becoming, by proxy, sociopathic gay dungeon masters.

With the death penalty, we're vengeful sociopathic murderers by proxy, instead.

Some choice, huh?

Of course they can be reformed. The issue should not be whether one can be reformed or not, the issue is how does one make justice and penitence for the crime they committed. In the case of pre-meditated murder, you cannot. And in the case of rape, you can, but you are in debt to society for the wrong you've committed against another member of it. Ideally, you should work half a decade off in some way that benefits the person you raped, but we don't have indentured servitude today. Rape is a big deal, but I don't think spending time in the cell doing nothing, while being subsidized by society.

I don't think avenging a rape is a justification for war.

I don't think giving the death penalty to someone for murdering a rapist, pedophile, or mass-murderer is any form of justice, either; but that's just me.

Depends,what if a schizophrenic went off his meds and thought he was in danger and killed someone,or crimes of passion such as you catch someone molesting your kid and you kill them in rage?Or you are defending your property,in my state if someone is in your yard with a gas jug threatning to burn your house you can legally shoot them.these people didn't kill for fun or because they were evil.
But people like Gacy,Bundy,The Night Stalker,and the Zodiac ,Green River killer,BTK.,killed because they liked it,some were rapists and killers.I don't think they could be reformed.I don't believe in the death penalty because it dos'nt bring the victim back,it causes the family members of the executed to suffer when they did nothing wrong.But I have no idea what to do with people who are a real menace,I don't want Charlie Manson running loose but then the tax payer foots the bill for his upkeep.
I think a young person,maybe desperate and stupid who shoots someone in a robbery may can be rehabilitated,they should still have to pay for their crime bit if they were high on crack when they did it maybe it's something they would never do if they were clean and had a job, they could have a chance.
It depends on the rapist also,there is a big difference between a 18 year old boy having consensual sex with a 15 year old girl,he was just stupid and horny.But some creep that rapes kids,unwilling victims and the elderly most likely will always be a threat. They get off as much on the power as the rape,they don't need to be running loose.