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Politics : Long Live The Death Penalty! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: louisebaltimore who wrote (298)1/15/2003 10:46:11 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 828
 
Actually, I said we may very well have made a mistake, so what?



To: louisebaltimore who wrote (298)1/15/2003 2:51:04 PM
From: Fangorn  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 828
 
louise,

re >I want the “DP-sentenced level” murderer removed from
society, rendered harmless and deprived of consciousness.<

You want a fantasy utopia. There is no "suspended animation" available now or likely in the near future.

re >The value of a human life is such that we should not put ourselves in a position
where a mistake can be made. <

A very good argument for the DP, an executed murderer cannot be paroled, escape, or be accidently released to kill again. Nor can an executed murderer kill a fellow inmate. Also not killed are the victims of a potential murderer who is deterred by the object lesson provided by the fate of the executed murderer. To deny deterrence is to deny human nature.

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Thanks Bill