Too bad 99% don't volunteer. These criminals know they deserve to die and finally do the right thing for once in their life.

Don't give them what they want - Follow the verdict as directed by a jury of their peers. They (these inmates) are not in control and the state will get to them when they get to them. If they just can't take it anymore then there are other, less humane, methods. My suggestion is that they should try and give themselves some "shank justice". But then again, I have no use for Rapists, Murders, etc..

The first two really smell raw mat, don't they?

We're not supposed to bring in Hitler any more, but in his hey-day when officers screwed up (i.e. were not ramrod stiff enough during their sieg heils), they were left a luger in their cells, and they generally used it. Seems to me that if 11 percent WANT to die, they deserve that, as long as the 89 percent who DON'T are not murdered. herm

It has obvious horrible potential for abuse, so I can't condone it, but there is something logical about a prison having a Kevork-o-matic suicide booth readily available.

LAWNCHAIR MAN,

Great idea for the Kevork-o-matic suicide booth, but why not be fair with all the prisoners even the ones there overnight for DUI. It would end a lot of recidivism.

I heard a trial lawyer (keep in mind that he is a lawyer who would be out of work if this happened...I'll take the word of any lawyer who wants to see nothing but justice. That is a rare breed of lawyer these days, but I digress) on a radio program say that he would prefer to get rid of juries to determine guilt or innocence. His proposal was to conduct a series of polygraph tests to determine guilt or innocence. He argued that it would be much more cost effective and infinitely more accurate than our current jury system.

I think this idea needs to have a lot more fleshed out, but the foundation seems pretty solid. If I was accused of a crime in which I was innocent, I would want the polygraph to determine my guilt. There is much less of a chance that I get bamboozled.

A polygraph?

Check it out:

Depends on who's running the lie detector. Like polls, the answer you get depends on how you word the question. Would you want your life to rest on the luck of the draw?

The modern lie detector is just the latest version of the Witch Smeller from Black Adder. Only less accurate.

I think the ducking stool is much fairer. Any good poker player can beat the polygraph, but toss 'em in a pool and hang the ones that come up - that should appeal the nazis that post here. herm

These criminals know they deserve to die and finally do the right thing for once in their life.

You don't think there is any possiblility that some of them just don't want to spend the rest of there life in prison whether they did the crime or not? A worse punishment by far would be to keep them alive.

When I learned that prisoners on death row are
surrendering to their fates, my heart began to
bleed copius amounts of purple piss.