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To say there is no problem with heavy drugs in America and most of Europe would be a denial of reality. You have fentanyl killing a record high number of Americans and in decriminalized areas like The Netherlands you see the degragading effects on society with homelessness and needles laying around the parks and on the streets. You also see this on the west coast and other places in America.

Then you have places like Singapore where the drug problem seems relatively controlled if you're willing to stomach it when it's your loved one who gets the long sentence or hanged if they happen to be caught drug smuggling. Seems like many of the ones who end up being executed are people from the west and from the perspective of the native of these countries the harsh penalties are not so difficult to bare, especially when the lawbreakers come to your country and add to the problem for residents to bare when the punishments are well known to those willing to risk it. No amount of money could possibly be worth dying over. A person might find these penalties to be distasteful or even amoral, admittedly while I do not fall into this camp I at least have sympathy towards that way of thinking.

Well these people might say that penalties and the payoff are rarely considered by the people who end up being caught, at least not before the crime is committed. They'd argue other reasons find them in this nightmarish situation of being caught and finding yourself facing a death sentence for doing something that in the west might not result in more jail time than a year with a good attorney. Or possibly none at all.

It almost seems too fantastical to imagine a livable place where people are allowed the freedom to decide whether to do or not do the drugs in a society where people practice a true form of freedom. Consequences for using such things would be the effects of the drugs themselves which can far outweigh any other considerations.

This did not come about because of his girlfriend. At the trial she is not encouraging that he be connected but anger has she receive necessarily discouraged it. When having asked about what or something wrong and and what she and I possibly deserve more if he doesn't serve anything, she was up in the opinion that the courts and the jury should be like that decision. The way at this came about after so long was that the man text a crisis line and made full confession while talking about his past. Possibly he thought the statue of limitations was well past or he hadn't done anything wrong. But there seemed to be some awareness on his part that possibly he had done something wrong. The age was no issue because she was age of consent. The problem was that she requested they stop but he continued and it took her a 2nd request, him ejaculating into her and 20 seconds from first request before he stopped. She also began to give him oral everyday they saw one another and would always do so until he came, she let him do so without removing his penis. She felt it eventually became a thing expected but she made no complaint and he made no effort to ask her if she would prefer to not every day they saw one another. He faces 2nd degree sodomy, 3rd degree forcible rape and a max of 20 years in a Kentucky state penitentiary. Bail was denied and at the start of trial he has spent almost 8 months in the county correctional facility. You will decide guilty or not guilty and if guilty suggest a suitable punishment. Give this the same consideration you would if you were sitting on a jury. His life, as well as justice being served are at stake. Also possible life time sex offender registration.

This question is prompted by...

Would you knowingly press a button and cause a stranger to die if you gained $5,000 because of it?

In a dystopian future, you are convicted of a serious crime. Your punishment is playing Russian Roulette in front of a large physical audience of several hundred people.

In Russian Roulette, you put a single bullet in a revolver, spin the cylinder, place the muzzle against your head and pull the trigger. If the loaded chamber fires, you die. If it doesn't, you go free.

In this dystopian world, you have an option. You can choose not to play Russian Roulette. Instead, you can press a button and one random member of the audience will die.

One more thing. Your punishment requires that your family and friends witness your punishment, so they are among the hundreds of people in the audience.

Do you press the button, or try your luck with the gun?