The investigation showed that the young child “suffered broken bones, severe bruising, and was the victim of sexual violence,” according to a press release
A 13-month-old child was allegedly raped and physically abused by a Pennsylvania police offer.
Steven Kyle Cugini, a member of the York City Police Department, was arrested without incident on Tuesday, April 16, following an investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police, Lykens Station, and Lykens Criminal Investigation Unit.
That’s the problem with living in a society that has a death penalty… it leads to one having thoughts about how it should be effectively used.
Y’know, since we have it. Can’t let it go to waste.
I’m in the US and I’m not for the death penalty. I think states (Texas, Georgia, etc) have a twisted judicial system and get it wrong too often.
This sort of case is what stops me from full throated opposition. This person should not exist.
So keep them in the cage if that’s what you feel is necessary. Revenge still isn’t worth it.
I get it though, I’m not impervious either.
I’m really not in favor of my taxes going to a for-profit prison so this guy can eat and sleep for the rest of his life. And somewhere, someone is profiting off of it because he committed a crime.
I agree, but I have two problems.
- Innocent people go to jail all the time, including those who seem overwhelmingly guilty at first.
- If sexually abusing a child is enough to have them put to death, then others will simply kill their victim and dispose of them - the crime has the same penalty after all.
So I can’t support the death penalty, but I can fully support removing them from society entirely, keeping them completely confined for the rest of their life.
If sexually abusing a child is enough to have them put to death, then others will simply kill their victim and dispose of them - the crime has the same penalty after all.
This is an interesting point. The justice system has intentionally designed the punishments in a tiered way to help avoid exactly this. I don’t have any data about its effectiveness, but it seems like a smart idea.