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I just spent a prolonged period time reading from one of the message boards about this topic and Lethal Injection and as I started to digest the views of others out there I wanted to respond. But, unfortunately by the time I finished my comments the computer could no longer tell where to post. What do you think about using lethal injection, Capital Punishment or the Prison System in general?

I have to say that this topic is one that leaves me really torn. If you have ever seen the movies The Green Mile or Dead Man Walking you have to have some empathy for the psychologist, officers and executioners than must deal first hand with the murderers. I do not believe that a person convicted of a social crime such as rape, murder, incest, etc.  should ever be allowed a moments liberty throughout the course of their incarceration. They should be locked in solitary confinement and only allowed out long enough to complete their daily job (consequentially any financial accumulation should be surrendered to the family of the victims). These criminals should be forced to work and be locked away from the rest of the population, as they have already proven that they do not play well with others. If we must remove them from society, make them miserable and give them opportunity to let their conscience kill them. Anyone totally secluded from the rest of the world will eventually consume themselves.  And denying a person any positive human contact is precisely what they have done to their victims.

I can't see where any school can legally get away with forcing parents to volunteer.  I am a licensed teacher in the State of Ohio and we have to pay such astronomical fees, just to have the right to work with the students ourselves.  Due to recent legislative moves, we must have a Bureau of Criminal Investigation check annually (about $65), then there are Pupil Activity Certifications...to coach or sponsor any club or activity ($50-$100) every three years.  First Aid to maintain your Pupil Activity ($25 annually) and then there are the teaching licenses themselves...at least $200 every 5 years and we must complete a specific level of continued education to even be eligible to renew that license...Who is going to tell little Susie's mom that not only is she required to volunteer, but she must shell out $85-$150 (BCI, First Aid and Pupil Activity) to do it?  That's not volunteering, that is the state reaching into your pocket through the school!