Could Lobotomy be used to treat the Worst Criminals?

[PrettyRegular]

Lobotomy is to my knowledge the only surgical way to change somebody's thinking. It's done by either drilling a hole in the skull or entering the brain through eye socket. Then changing the brain's function with an ice pick.

It has deservingly mostly negative reputation and hasn't been used for decades. In general it causes the patient to be calmer and to have less emotions than before and changes the personality. It could be a decent option for example for a serial killer. That way he/she could be eventually released rather than being locked up for life or executed.

[thearchjoker]

No, if you jail someone who later on is found innocent you can free them. If you kill/lobotomise them its permanent and can't be undone if it ends up they were later found innocent

[Malwi93]

but its the same with capital punishment

[Malwi93]

probably not often but i bet it has happened that a person got wrongfully convicted

[thearchjoker]

@Malwi93 Thats why in most cases I'm against capital punishment.

[Ria444]

I guess... I think that's kind of worse though. It's so creepy that they can just remove a person's personality completely. Yes it would make them calmer, but it wouldn't really make them like a human anymore. Then when the person is calmer and released, what would they have to live for? They no longer have emotions so what's their purpose in life? I guess it seems like a better idea but if you think about it it's so much worse.

[jshm2]

Your knowledge is flawed, and you must have undergone some sort of lobotomy as a child, if this is the sum of your knowledge now.

[elaphe]

It would never pass the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Bill of Rights.

[Anonymous]

Far cheap to just eliminate them and helps with overpopulation

[missindiana93]

I don't know about that.