This. Am so surprised at the immature views of most of the posters in this thread. BANS FOR ALL

But what if it isn't recklessness? Like, if you're driving along, and suddenly you accidently drive over a nail or bit of broken glass, and pop the tire, causing you to spin out and hit someone, killing them?

The technical term for that is "accident" which is not a crime. Not yet, anyway.

The difference between the two is involuntary manslaughter is when you're being reckless, like you're playing around with a gun and you shoot someone when it goes off accidentaly. An accident is when like the thing above, where you pop a tire out of nowhere, lose control, and hit somebody. You couldn't have done anything about that. But with the gun, you were just plain irresponsible.

Unless the tire pops because of negligence on your part. Checking the tires is part of a driving test for a reason. You'd be screwed.

Just a small notion. My biology teacher mentioned how a lot of prisoners suffer from Jacob's Disease, a genetic disease which results in higher aggression. I don't support the idea, but what about if eliminating the individuals who have Jacob's Disease would improve society?

Bah, Law.
I remember hearing from the new about some guy who raped, and killed this teenager, I can't remember what her age was, around 16-19, that he had been stalking and the guy got caught a few days later by police.
He protested that the police used excessive force, and he got reconciliation money paid to him. Also, he only got 20 years, but he was on bail at 10.
Justice my ass.

Ten years is still a frigging long time.

We'll just quietly sneak in that little eugenics program.

I tried to look up Jacob's Disease, but all I found was mad cow.

Used, once you start taking out those pesky aggresion-causing genetic diseases, where does it stop? Let's snip off the revolt genes, maybe cut out the paranoia chromosomes, and hell, why not get rid of the uncomplacent alleles while we're here. All in the name of preserving a calm, peaceful society. Because, of course, revolts, uprisings, and resistance endangers the common folk by ousting the government that keeps all of us happy and safe.

I exagerate of course, but only to further my point.

So based on some genetic default you have no control over you'll be deemed unworthy for society? That's a little extreme, don't you think? Besides by that standard America would finally have its excuse to shoot gay people or mutilate people with red hair.

IMO the death penalty should not be something standard, AKA murder = death. The death penalty should be an extension of natural selection. Reserved only for people so stupid, so dense, so ignorant that they pose an immediate danger to everyone around them but themselves.

To give an example, the forest fires in Australia right now. Someone who put those fires on on purpose with the knowledge of what would happen should be shot in the kneecaps and thrown in a sharktank.

Some random persons who started the fire as a prank, without overlooking the consequences, are to retarded to begin with. If you're too dense to stop for a moment and overlook even the possible consequences of your actions you should just be ended right there.

Yeah, I don't think a lot of people understand just how long Jail sentences are for the dude inside. Especially for a guy who isn't a thug or a gang dude, it's going to be long, lonely, and painful in there.

Although, are there statistics on repeat offenders in stuff like murders, rape, and child pornowhatever?

What Used suggested worked in the Book Hominids, and that was a good book, so I agree.