>What if for every prisoner who chooses this path, the equivalent amount that would have been spent on them for the rest of their life, will be invested into a community project for the next 20 years instead, like building and maintaining urban parks and greenspaces in local communities that they affected.

That's a neat idea in a society and in a species that is incorruptible.  However, once an incentive is given to end a life, there exists the strong possibility of corruption. One can imagine pressure being exerted on an inmate to choose the "charitable" option. One can imagine incentives offered, such as kickbacks to family members. One cannot imagine all the possible ways the system could be corrupted, but if there is money to be made, it is certain someone will find a way :))

I love reading you because you touch on topics that I would like to talk about, but I don't do it maybe because I am a little afraid that they will damage my account, although I do not agree with euthanasia and it is respectable that each person takes his path according to his free will, as for the death penalty I do not agree either, although it is clear that there are certain people who commit crimes so heinous that they do not even deserve forgiveness.

>NOTE NOTE: I don't want to be fed to people, just throw me in the forest

I would like to be fed to wild animals. My only concern is  if they would get accustomed to human meat and became more dangerous.

Yesterday I placed an order to buy DEC in Hive engine. So far the DEC still is not bought. Is this normal? From what I remember it did not take so long before.

Depression is really means alot, I was one of people that having it.but I know God Will help me cope up with this. 

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I think it depends but I do think the prison system does need some reforms. At least, I think things should be revised more for things on that aren't as dangerous for society. I don't think people who may have been convicted of murder should be easily released. I don't really like the death penalty either but and I just don't know what is the best option.

Prison life is for those who are in a bad way of looking at life. But I am at one with you in some of the cases that when people are way to big in numbers who committed suicide even if their their life was good, in fair luxury and abundance to enjoy along with those who sleep in streets. 

We talk about the developed and undeveloped world, how people are suffering in war struck areas, you can still cast your eyes on Gaza and Ukraine and how people are starving, putting to death without any notice or prior predictions that  such a lethal attack could happen . 

Yet, I view that for every prisoner a chance of "parole" should be there, if they promise not to commit any crime - then they should have a mercy or opportunity to mould their life. 

Its a human appeal, every human life should have. 

Not strictly related to your topic, but I think those with life imprisonment sentences are actually in a better position than those with say 30 - 40 years sentence. They have nothing to look forward to in life and nothing to lose if they cause trouble. 

Whereas if you know you have a chance if getting out you'd be on best behaviour so you don't lose the freedom. Maybe they should get rid of life imprisonment and dangle potential freedom as a carrot to all inmates. It might make prison management a bit easier 

> but I reckon that if someone wants to die, they should be able to choose to, even if they don't have a good reason

Totally agree.....**right to die** must be implicit in **right to life and liberty**. At the least it will be less painful than suicide.

> but I think that if we are going to go that far, we should be 100% certain.

True.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one-- Voltaire

I thought the suicide option was only available to hopeless cases. I also think that if someone wants to die, they should be allowed to. But for those with depression, I would require them to meet with a good psych to try and help them first. I have read a lot of recovery stories and how meds help. If after a specific number of sessions and both the doctor and patient have agreed to the procedure, only then will they be allowed to undergo it.

>Some strange Friday night topics perhaps

Sure are! I can't see any prisoner opting for that. 

>Maybe prison isn't that bad.

I've become friends with a man who has been on death row in Tennessee for almost thirty years. He has found a way to be one of the happiest people I know. He regrets his actions, and wishes he could see more of his family and friends, but has made beauty a big part of his life on the inside. His joyfulness is contagious. He's made one of the worst places on earth a lot better for everyone there.    

> Maybe taking this path out doesn't seem fair to their victims or their families, but maybe it is still a better option then spending 45,000 a year to keep them alive.

Oh! The United States would never give up the possibility of marketing, exploiting and making as profitable as possible for the government in power the potential services and [free labor](https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/new-aclughrc-report-finds-widespread-coercion-and-exploitation-incarcerated-workers) that its inmate population would provide them. There is a very obvious reason for their high prisoner population. And it is the fact that only $45k in annual expenses for their maintenance and keep them alive in prisons, it's just a pitance compared with what they can generate and are currently generating for the state.

Have you ever realized that people who have been to the prison before are usually not scared of going again. That’s why they become worse after the come out of the prison. This happens very well in Nigeria 
I don’t like death sentence too but ex convicts are dangerous in our society 
They may cause more harm 

Here in the US the debate rages on regarding abortion rights with the pro abortion folks screaming my body my choice, so if it is good for that purpose, then my body my choice should also work well for those choosing not to continue life.   You can't have it both ways...or can you?   I am not a proponent of either of those scenarios, but other folks have different viewpoints.  Life is getting weirder all the time lol