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To: Ish who wrote (82887)	6/24/2000 9:35:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

Sorry, feeling too mellow to argue about the death penalty. I am up for discussing grammar, that's about my limit. My favorite beer of the whole festival was Hop Devil Ale. Man, that was some good, yeah!

To: Ish who wrote (82887)	6/24/2000 9:54:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Not necessarily. Prison is certainly punishment, but it was designed to do two things. 1) Offer a lesser penalty than death for crimes that fall between "let him go" and "the crocs were getting pretty hungry". 2)Give the convict the option to think about it ... does he want to come here again? Retribution has always been a big theme in Western history. But since Roman days it took a backseat (imo, natch) to establishing the force of law. Keeping the crime rate low - deterrence, setting examples - is #1 reason for prison. It's hard to separate retribution from deterrence. They seem to be parts of the same sliding scale. Maybe someone who has better info on the penal system, on penal philosophy, can comment.