Should death row inmates be militarized instead?

[Luveria]

Cruel and unusual punishment is illegal.

Not everywhere.

Definitely not in North Korea.

[Dracoria]

Human shields are only useful when the opponent has a reason to not shoot the shield. Otherwise, you'd be better served with a lighter composite shield or armor plate that isn't kicking and screaming the whole time to give your position away and weigh your forces down.



Hey, a new sentence for violent sex offenders. Let the punishment fit the crime, or at least the crime's orifices.

Cruel and unusual punishment is illegal.

It seems some people are immune to humor.

[Terra Sector Union]

I suspect OP got the idea of penal battalions from Warhammer 40k.

That's a coincidence.

My idea was inspired by true events.

[Aurora Novus]

Most death row inmates are such due to very serious crimes and very frequently possess psychological or personality disorders. Do you really want an anti-social sociopath, who are inclined towards manipulation and abuse at best, and serial rape and murder at worst, to be given combat training, armed with military grade weaponry, and placed in a position of immence authority and power over others, including and not limited to life and death?

There's a reason military members must undergo psych evals. No thank you.

EDIT: The above is based purely on the title. In your OP, are you suggesting we strap bombs to convicts and send them out to die? Again, I must point out, to a sociopath, what in gods name would stop them from just turning around and blowing themselves up on their "allies"? Either way you slice it, this is a terrible idea.

[Ermarian]

Without even going into how fucked up this is: The concept of a suicide bomber by definition requires a volunteer. Otherwise they'd just escape or kill you instead.

We have a thing known as Remote Control.

Sure, and I suppose the person you have wired with a bomb will just walk wherever you want and wait for you to pull the trigger.

[Immoren]

I suspect OP got the idea of penal battalions from Warhammer 40k.

I said it and said it again. Adeptus Astartes also fit for this.

I suspect OP got the idea of penal battalions from Warhammer 40k.

That's a coincidence.

My idea was inspired by true events.

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[Dracoria]

We have a thing known as Remote Control.

Sure, and I suppose the person you have wired with a bomb will just walk wherever you want and wait for you to pull the trigger.

Rock 'em Sock 'em Convicts?

[Alyekra]

Not everywhere.

Definitely not in North Korea.

This is exactly something North Korea would do. Don't give them ideas.

[Ranmat]

You are a damn fool , for one that is still wasting resources and what makes the solders lives honorable, you do realize some people join the military to legally kill smarter than the average criminal but a criminal none the less.

[Undivulged Principles]

Lethal Injection on death row inmates is wrong. Humans are good as a resource. So why waste one by simply killing them for their terrible crimes? The answer is this.
We get these men strapped on with IED's on the battlefield and have them to simply just die to scare off whatever enemy in whatever bloody conflict we're getting our noses in these days These inmates make good cannon fodder. You can't waste good resources like this. Capital Punishment must be like this for now on. I think using inmates as pawns will save more honorable lives of soldiers. Lethal Injection is a waste.

Ethical? Not quite. Reasonable? Yes.

Would you support this?

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Independent Wessex]

We should turn death row inmates into Cat food.

[Czechanada]

This thread reminds of that one SpongeBob Squarepants episode: "Hall Monitor."

"Crime and punishment; punishment, and crime! In the hall!"

[Ifreann]

Why not just cut out the middleman and call for them to be delivered in chains and gimp suits to your sex dungeon?

Hey, a new sentence for violent sex offenders. Let the punishment fit the crime, or at least the crime's orifices.

No.

[Luveria]

We should turn death row inmates into Cat food.

Why do you hate cats?

[Imperializt Russia]

Definitely not in North Korea.

This is exactly something North Korea would do. Don't give them ideas.

Koreans would volunteer.

[Luveria]

I suspect OP got the idea of penal battalions from Warhammer 40k.

That's a coincidence.

My idea was inspired by true events.

Did you see it in a movie?

This is exactly something North Korea would do. Don't give them ideas.

Koreans would volunteer.

Yes, many people born in labour camps would gladly volunteer for a penal battalion.

[Terrordome]

We should turn death row inmates into Cat food.

Soylent whiskas

[Des-Bal]

"Humans are good as a resource"

This little tidbit told me everything I needed to know about you.

[Imperializt Russia]

Koreans would volunteer.

Yes, many people born in labour camps would gladly volunteer for a penal battalion.

I was making a joke of the apparent enthusiasm of Korean propaganda subjects.
And was referring to generally strapping themselves with explosives to kill targets, not the unit in which people are drawn from for this purpose.

[Tel]

No. It's not reasonable or ethical. It's a fundamentally stupid idea.

[Des-Bal]

My theory is that when a person enters the Piagets formal operational stage it manifests as a period of moral absolutism and a sense of superiority caused by a failure to understand everyone else has already experienced their own awakening.

[Dracoria]

Hey, a new sentence for violent sex offenders. Let the punishment fit the crime, or at least the crime's orifices.

No.

It's sad, how many people took that seriously.

[Luveria]

No.

It's sad, how many people took that seriously.

This is NSG. It's a thread with an OP titled "Should death row inmates be militarized instead?"

[Sauritican]

It doesn't work, giving death row inmates guns is an overall bad idea

[The Wycihowsiist Ascendancy]

What could POSSIBLY go wrong with letting murderers and other psychopaths loose with IEDs attatched? Give it about ten seconds worth of thought and you'll soon realise why this counts as a really dumb idea.

Ha! The U.S had the Mafia work with them in W.W II. Morals only matter to the living. I'd do it, along with poisoning their water supply and carpet bombing.