Tag: crime

question : Do gay people enjoy prison more than straight people?

It’s a vague question, but I think the answer is generally yes. Since prison is segregated by gender, a major drawback for straight people is not having romantic or sexual contact with anyone they’re attracted to.

That’s not nearly as big of a problem for gay people because the fact that they’re in prison with people of the same gender increases the probability they’ll be romantically or sexually attracted to someone.

a 7 Action News article : Detroit Liquor Store Owner Gunned Down Outside Store

a 7 Action News article : Detroit Liquor Store Owner Gunned Down Outside Store

Detroit Police are on the scene of a fatal shooting at a liquor store on the city’s west side.

It happened outside the Medicine Chest Liquor Store on the 9000 block of Dexter. The store owner, Faraj Dally was shot and killed as he was about open store this morning.

According to witnesses, the victim pulled up in a navy blue jeep and was gunned down before he reached front door of store, a mere 15 feet away. The suspect was seen taking something from the jeep, presumably cash.

The victim, who neighbors call Freddie was shot in the head. They say he was always helping everyone in the neighborhood and was good about extending credit.

His employee who normally helps him open on week days was across the street at a Coney Island when she heard two shots. When she came out of the restaurant Freddie was down on the pavement and the suspects were leaving.

The suspect is described as a black male, 190 lbs, 5’8″-5’10” wearing a black hoody, jeans and a scarf over his face. There is no description of the driver at this time. The two were in a black Dodge Journey.

Some believe Freddie may have been targeted. He often carries large amounts of cash on the first of the month after cashing the store’s checks.

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roncelmaxwell :

Sad and Senseless.

Death should never be a punishment for crime …

The death penalty, capital punishment, execution or whatever you want to call it may seem theoretically fair; a person’s life is ended for doing something morally reprehensible; but as a real-world practice, I’m totally against it for two reasons.

The first has to do with how flawed our justice systems are, which result in people being convicted of crimes they never committed. How often that occurs is beside the point. The point is it happens and, as far as I’m concerned, once is too often.

As bad as it is for an innocent person to spend time in prison, there’s a chance they’ll eventually be set free. Killing them kills that possibility. What s shame it would be for the real criminal to confess after the convicted is already dead.

My second reason is because morality is subjective. That means what’s wrong to you may not be wrong to me. Even when the person facing death is guilty of the crime, who’s to say it was bad enough to be killed for? Who’s to say it was bad at all?

There are plenty of crimes around the world I consider ridiculous like adultery because they don’t necessarily harm anyone or have any negative consequences. Yet because of other people’s moral opinions, they can have you killed.

I realize my argument goes against any moral punishment, not just death, but the point is that there’s time for change. Many laws of the past are now considered absurd. Who’s to say the ones we have now won’t be “absurd” in the future?

If anything, death should be a choice. Some people, both guilty and innocent of the crimes they’re convicted of, would rather die than spend the rest of their lives in prison. That’s fine because the person isn’t really dying against their will.

If the person chooses to live, they should be allowed to; no matter how bad the crime is in anyone’s opinion. The government shouldn’t end a person’s life as a punishment for crime, not without facing the same fate for the wrong they’ve done.