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To: Bill who wrote (230489)	12/5/2007 3:53:40 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793890

I have never seen an objective study proving the death penalty is not a deterrent. I don't think that's the point. I look upon it as a punishment.

To: Bill who wrote (230489)	12/5/2007 5:05:54 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793890

I can find both types of studies when I google, but won't bother posting any. That issue has been done to death. (did I really write that?) In fact, I seem to remember you being in the discussion somewhere else on SI and everyone pulling out their respective studies like weapons. Maybe it should be an amendment. I have the right to carry a concealed study. I am not interested in the DP as a deterrent. The taking of lives for that reason smacks too much of creating a sacrificial example to "teach" others, a terrible cheapening of human life, if that is the purpose, and one used by some horrific regimes. For me it's an ethical decision about human life. I go back and forth, because it's one issue that really can get emotional.