Montana drafts new bill giving felons the option of being spanked

[Mkap]

They might hate the gays but they love the S&M !!!!

this bill not only covers misdemeanors but also felonies. So rather then serving 10 years for robbing a bank you can just pull your draws down and take 10 swats!!!

the bill is being sponsered by GOP representive Jerry O’ Neill and Helen Thingpen. Here is the actual text of the bill

[link:http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/lchtml/LC1452.htm|

[Historic NY]

1. Caning...

like in Singapore wouldn't be pleasant.

[elleng]

2. (4) For purposes of this section, "corporal punishment" means

the infliction of physical pain on a defendant to carry out the sentence negotiated between the judge and the defendant.

[Downwinder]

3. Sharia law.

Just add stoning and amputation.

[dballance]

4. I Just Never Understand What These People are Thinking

From the proposed bill:

For purposes of this section, "corporal punishment" means the infliction of physical pain on a defendant to carry out the sentence negotiated between the judge and the defendant.

Why are they trying to make us just like some of the countries we decry because of their use of physical pain as punishment? We regularly call them inhuman and contend they are in violation of human rights laws. Do these lawmakers want implement the lash or begin caning people? Those are the two most popular forms of corporal punishment in other countries that are uncivilized enough to use corporal punishment still.

And what input do the victims of the crimes get into this whole disastrous idea? Shouldn't they have some say in the negotiations to ensure the punishment is "commensurate with the severity, nature, and degree of the harm caused by the offender" as the bill requires?

I suspect if this law is ever passed it will be found unconstitutional under the 8th Amendment: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." I hope to high heavens that judges would find that the use of corporal punishment is "cruel and unusual" within our current societal norms of today.

[defacto7]

5. Oh, just break out the "Cat of Nine Tails" while they're at it.

We are sinking into our dark past... Maybe someday future generations will decide to call this the Second Dark Ages.

[truebluegreen]

7. +100 nt

[JoeBlowToo]

6. Republicans are now enshrining their BDSM fetishism in law...

Isn't this the type of thing that got the Boy Scout troop leaders in trouble?

[Mkap]

8. Road to Serfdom

Republicans truly want to turn america into a feudalism with corporations and politicans as barons and everyone else as serfs

[sallyjojo]

9. There are many strange laws in this country

This would just add to the ever growing list.

[TheKentuckian]

10. Crazy. It seems like it could be anything too.

Beatings, branding, electrocuting sex organs, and who knows because it just says physical pain. Doesn't seem to mean corporal punishment in the exact same way it meant in school, at least not necessarily.

[Eleanors38]

11. I wonder if these GOPers are going to commit a crime so they