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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (15185)	6/21/2002 2:29:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

"Your answer sounds like..." I know it sounds like that but that is not what I would have us do (nothing). "Do nothing because there is nothing that can fix anything." We should do everything we can. Unfortunately we have an ineffective justice system that is long over due for a face lift. It is a huge bureaucracy that is heavily politicized so it is not going to change just because its a good idea. The first question we should always ask is what resolves this problem for society. Then we should ask the lesser important question, which is secondary to the first one, of what does our treatment of the criminal have to do with helping us resolve the problem for society. When we do it backwards we end up harming each other with wars over the ineffective treatment issues. A person who has committed a heinous act has placed themselves out side of the usual constraints we hold one another to in problem resolution. That is one reason I have supported the death penalty for this kind of criminal. Not focusing on the punishment aspect but on the resolution issue. Of course the other issue is whether or not we can with absolute assurance identify the perpetrators of heinous crimes. So far, we do not have a record of having done so.