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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (60226)12/13/2005 11:46:32 AM
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”That would call for changing the past.

The crime certainly isn't resolved now.

It certainly is resolved and without changing the past (wow, you're really stuck on that, aren't you). A firm and determinant decision has been reached, and acted upon in a final way. It is over.
It may not satisfy people's vengeful needs, or correct the wrong that has been done, make anybody pay, make everybody happy, but it is resolved.

The only option you offered is long incarceration. This resolves nothing; it just holds the person, who may be able to identify with it in a satisfying or even rewarding way (Like Bundy did). There is always the possibility of status change or for the perp to be let loose back into society. Niether the victims nor society can ever find a way to reconcile with such a person in a fair and equitable way.

Incarceration for life is pointless. It is inhuman, it does not resolve the crime, it does not rehabilitate, and it is a futile waste until the perp ultimately dies. So in essence it is a death penalty with the added inhumanity of pointless incarceration for life. It is the best example of a failed justice system that I can think of. You can't even claim it is a punishment to fit a particular crime.
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