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To: nihil who wrote (81655)	6/14/2000 7:24:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Restitution is actually an integral component of penance, not only demonstrating the sincerity of one's contrition, but seeking a more complete form of justice by making good the debt. It is more properly directed at the victims of a crime, but others might act as proxies. Unwillingness to take concrete steps to make amends can be taken as evidence that there is no contrition, but only a hard heart. We choose not to execute because of that, however, but tie the terms of punishment to the conviction, as a discipline against acting upon mere surmise. Anything that can further reduce the risk of convicting the innocent is welcome. Normally, vivisection would be consider "cruel and unusual punishment". Only the worst slaughter could warrant involuntary participation in such programs, and we have decided that we will not be brutal as a society, not even in execution, which is swift and painless........