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To: Neocon who wrote (81651)6/14/2000 8:28:00 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 

There is no affirmative obligation to rehabilitate. In fact, the argument is that execution is a just response to certain crimes, and therefore, an effort at rehabilitation would be an act of mercy.

The discussion of rehabilitation did not refer to capital crimes - since the only alternative to capital punishment that I could propose would be permanent imprisonment, rehabilitation would hardly be practical. We were talking about the larger prison population that will eventually be released.

In this case, of course, there is also no "affirmative obligation to rehabilitate". It is a purely practical issue: these people will be released, doesn't it make sense to at least attempt to give them the means by which they can function outside and avoid returning to prison?
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