RIP in 2009

[Alex]

Once someone is made a ward of the state, what is the obligatory level of care? If she'd had pneumonia would it be upsetting to waste money on antibiotics because she'd been bad?

I'm not bothered by it. If we don't want to provide medical care then either they should be let go or executions should be performed at sentencing.

[Deebs]

Originally Posted by Alex

If she'd had pneumonia would it be upsetting to waste money on antibiotics because she'd been bad?

The whole subject bothers me because I don't like feeling uncharitable, even toward people I believe have behaved badly.

Susan Atkins was not someone who'd just "been bad" and I am not suggesting that all prisoners are not deserving of medical care. Atkins' crime was particularly heinous, stabbing a pregnant woman as she begged for her life and the life of her unborn child. And she said (I believe it was on the witness stand?) that she did it because she was tired of listening to Tate's pleas for mercy.