Would you write to some one in prison on death row?

damagegt

Im thinking of writing to someone in prison on death row in the states,no one in particular but i hear you can do it through amnesty international.Just wondering what your thought on this would be?

Hank_Jones

Personally I think that you would be opening yourself up to a whole world of pain.
Would you really know what to say to a person who is waiting to be killed?

WindSock

Yeah I would. I did in fact. Never got around to sending it though. I had my dude all picked out and all. He's probably long gone by now. He seemed like the nicest out of the lot and wasn't going on about being wronged. RIP dude.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Bull**** comment, do it for ****s and giggles.

In reality, it would probably really upset you.

kryogen

i actually have a pretty sick sense of humour, so i could think of plenty of things to write to a person on death row

however if you are a more sensitive soul, i wouldnt, sure why try make a connection with someone who is gonna be put to sleep like a sick puppy?

staker

I'm gonna need a driving licence too.

Dj Stiggie

I agree with Hank, it could be painful when the execution comes

But at the same time it is very compassionate, and whether or not they "deserve" to be executed for their crime, its something I would appreciate in that situation.

Go for it OP, just try not to get emotionally involved

Yeah you're setting yourself up to be upset.

marbar

woudl knock the whole "so what are you up to" conversation on the head anyway

Rented Mule

I am going to start writing to inmates on Death Row to wish them 'the best of luck on your upcoming trip'.

damagegt

well im a pretty disconnected person so i wasn't planning on starting a pen pal/relationship more just tell him about my life and whats going on at the moment in my life and what not,im sure he/she wouldn't really want to hear it but im sure they would be happy someone made so effort to contact them before they died.

BigBenRoeth

I would.
And would like to do so.
Any info on how to do so OP

GBX

Might send one of them an email

damagegt

the reson im thinking about this is a mate of mine i hadnt seen in awhile met up and we started chatting and he tells me hes mother is been sent to the states as a character witness for a man shes been writing to for the last 20 YEARS and hes making a last appeal before hes sentenced to death next month

Pompey Magnus

Does Amnesty run a similar programme for writing to lend support to the families of their victims?

damagegt

well i been looking into it for a few days now and theres loads of shi** sites on the web but i got in contact with my mates mother and she told to contact amnesty international and they can set you in the right direction.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

It would be a noble thing to do, especially for anyone who disagrees with the death penalty.
Dont they spend 23 hours a day inside their cells? And have a longer life expectancy if they are black?
A lot of people are put in there when they are kids, if you are up for making their time more pleasant, best wishes

damagegt

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Does Amnesty run a similar programme for writing to lend support to the families of their victims?

Im not sure but im sure there is other groups that would.

Dr_Phil

damagegt wrote: »

Im thinking of writing to someone in prison on death row in the states,no one in particular but i hear you can do it through amnesty international.Just wondering what your thought on this would be?

My thoughts would be

Do me a favour and save taxpayer's money: die quickly.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4608950

This is a link regarding Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, the founder of the crips gang who was excecuted in 2005.
Read up and I think it is without doubt that he was a product of enviroment that found redemption and did a lot of good for society from death row.

But it still seems to be 'an eye for an eye' in Christian USA. Ironically...

My name is URL

You could always send them a nice economical & healthy low-carb recipe option for their last meal I guess

damagegt

I think im just more intrigued on what there going to write back then anything else.

Dr_Phil

damagegt wrote: »

I think im just more intrigued on what there going to write back then anything else.

You would probably get an electricity bill for the chair.

Kiera

Nah i'm too much of a softie to do it.

goat2

Lilyana Zealous Surgery wrote: »

It would be a noble thing to do, especially for anyone who disagrees with the death penalty.
Dont they spend 23 hours a day inside their cells? And have a longer life expectancy if they are black?
A lot of people are put in there when they are kids, if you are up for making their time more pleasant, best wishes

dont the families of the people they killed have a broken heart for 24 hours every day
better there than, causing grief to innocent families,

epgc3fyqirnbsx

goat2 wrote: »

dont the families of the people they killed have a broken heart for 24 hours every day
better there than, causing grief to innocent families,

Not excusing what they did, but if we like to think of ourselves as better more compassionate people then maybe we can act like it.

And if you want to think of schadenfeude maybe it would make them more miserable to know what they are missing out on

damagegt

true true.i think the only way i would be able to do it is try not think of any of that and try think that im just writing to any joe soap. if i started thinking like that id probably start asking them what their on death row for and i think id prefer not to know so i wouldn't judge them for it.

Mike 1972

I wouldnt for the simple reason that I wouldnt have a clue what to write.

kryogen wrote: »

however if you are a more sensitive soul, i wouldnt, sure why try make a connection with someone who is gonna be put to sleep like a sick puppy?

By that logic why make a connection with anyone when theyre bound to doe sooner or later ?

goat2

damagegt wrote: »

true true.i think the only way i would be able to do it is try not think of any of that and try think that im just writing to any joe soap. if i started thinking like that id probably start asking them what their on death row for and i think id prefer not to know so i wouldn't judge them for it.

not for robbing a bank

damagegt

Mike 1972 wrote: »

I wouldn't for the simple reason that I wouldn't have a clue what to write.



I don't think i know what im going to write either ,iv never wrote a letter in my life i imagine it going to be like when your is school,

today to Friday,it is sunny outside me and my dog went to the beach.....and so on.

Capt'n Midnight

Dear #56672

Can I have your stuff ?

CM.

ejmaztec

It would be nice to inject some humour into their lives, to get them used to injections.

damagegt

ejmaztec wrote: »

It would be nice to inject some humour into their lives, to get them used to injections.

boards in the perfect place to ask these type of questions

ejmaztec

damagegt wrote: »

boards in the perfect place to ask these type of questions

Yeh, it's lethal on here sometimes.

Spore

I agree with the death penalty, so my letter will be short and sweet: Bye!

the keen edge

I'd ask him to tell Cory Haim when he meets him, that he's death didn't make the papers.

Capt'n Midnight

Then again the number of people on death row who have married pen pals is a bit freaky.

Kinetic^

Who the hell writes letters these days?

EMAIL FEMALE!

SugarHigh

I remember reading some guy's blog where he was pretending to be a young boy and sending letters to people on death row asking for adivce in life. They all seemed nice enough but I can't find it now.