The profits could go to the victims' families if Don King doesn't grab them first
-- BobStCul, Oct 13 2000

Yeah, I like old Arnie movies, too.
-- centauri, Oct 16 2000


Corcoran State Prison in California Guards used to send known enemies into a small exercise yard at the same time, they'd fight, sometimes the guards would shoot. Bets were on and so were the cameras.
-- thumbwax, Oct 16 2000


Giving them an audience just inspires others to want to be in their place could actually backfire on us - every kid in my neighborhood can't spell his own name, but is destin in their own minds to be a "foobaww" star!
-- hotrodmama, Nov 29 2000


if we sentence EVERYone to blood sport it's just cruel, not unusual... I've always been annoyed by the wording of that one.
-- djymm, Mar 31 2001


Misread the title: I thought this meant small performances for the LI viewers would be tolerated. They could halt the process while one executioner fumbled about in a pocket looking for a vial. Sheepishly, like in an Abbott and Costello routine, "The poison, I thought you were supposed to bring it!"
-- reensure, May 11 2001


didn't the Romans do that?
-- dekoi, May 11 2001


Lethal injection is like putting a dog down. Euthanasia is an easy death. The problem with the US is that the average sentence served for murder is 5 years. Gladiator fights would stop that.
-- Amishman35, Dec 28 2003



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