Which Hollywood movie did you get that gibberish line from?
A Society which punishes the criminal is not stooping to they're level. A Killer, child molester, rapist - None deserve to live. They are a burden on the tax payer, and not to mention no Justice is given to the family, by allowing the perp to live. NONE!
I never said that just the simple punishment is stooping to their level. You really need to stop changing my words to make your argument sound reasonable.
I said that when we start employing their tactics as you & others suggested (you know like killing someone for pick-pocketing a wallet or torturing someone to death) makes us just as bad as them.
SHOW ME THE RIGHTS HE AFFORDED TO THE CRIMINAL! I searched, and found nothing more than Rights afforded to the ACCUSED.
You must not have looked in the right place:
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."US Constitution, 8th Amendment
If the other Amendments are followed then there would be no punishment until after they are technically defined as a "criminal" - i.e. convicted. Therefore the limitation of no cruel or unusual punishment is meant to be for the rights of the criminal.
How about another right of a criminal:
"The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it." - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 9
Of note - While they used the word "privilege" instead of "right", the "Great Writ" is harder to suspend than other rights specifically listed as such. The Writ can only be suspended during great national emergency but other rights can be suspended by due process of law (i.e. a simple court proceeding)
Here's another one:
Prisoners still retain the same rights as someone who has not been convicted of a crime in any subsequent criminal proceeding - the 5th & 6th Amendments still apply to them even though they are "criminals".
These are just the ones I came up with off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more.
The argument that prisoners don't & never had rights is laughable. Think what you want. The SCOTUS has ruled time & again that criminals have rights.