[benten10]

I vote if he commits any crime, he be sent to solitary confinement till he's on the edge of insanity.

Solitary confinement is one of the most terrible things that can be done to a human being, and is very comparable to being 'sucked' by Dementors (from Harry Potter. The creatures that suck your soul away and leave and soulless zombie, that while not dead, is not entirely alive).

[Sanddancer]

At which point they'll be disabled and not be capable of making it outside of an institutional environment. As such, they will be costing society much more money for a much, much longer time. What you're talking about is torture, ripping someone's mind apart for your sick, demented sense of justice.

[gherkin0]

> I vote if he commits any crime, he be sent to solitary confinement till he's on the edge of insanity.

Would you be willing to be a test case? If you live in the US, you've probably committed several felonies already[1].

[1] http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.asp...