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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (641031)	1/4/2012 4:09:31 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579720

How about to prevent other people from being killed? Don't you have any compassion for victims of violence?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (641031)	1/4/2012 4:20:57 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579720

most civilized countries and states to killing to avenge killing.... libtard view again - no one said avenge - punishment is the word you're looking for.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (641031)	1/4/2012 5:38:47 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1579720

" I don't subscribe nor do most civilized countries and states to killing to avenge killing.... I don't either. However, reconciliation with heinous criminals is not humanely practical. So, I have to ask myself what is the right thing to do with someone who has committed heinous acts? Life in prison is a death sentence after all. It places the criminal in a condition of punishment until they die. So, their life and death circumstances are placed in the hands of the state. That is pretty severe and to me it seems much more punishing than simply ending the perps life after the court has judged them guilty. I am somewhat claustrophobic, so life in a cell with only death at the end to look forward to would be a horrific sentence. Life sentences also carry the side effect of levying a tremendous burden on society. On the other hand, an execution isn't really punishing. A criminal does not learn a lesson from being executed. Death is not punishing but it is resolute. To some degree the victims may feel satisfaction in knowing the perp is no longer feeling any gratification over the loss they have wrought on others. In that vein feelings of vengeance may be an unavoidable side effect of an execution but it shouldn't be the primary determinant for the death penalty. When society and victims are convinced such an issue has been resolved and that similar violations of humanity are likely to be resolved, they are able to reconcile with past losses and have faith in the future. So death, although not justified by vengefulness alone, is the only solution we have come up with for heinous criminals.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (641031)	1/4/2012 5:45:05 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579720

"most civilized countries and states" UK News --------------------------------------- Repeat offenders responsible for half a million crimes More than half a million crimes were committed by known offenders last year, with half carried out by career criminals. The crimes were all committed by repeat offenders and included 3,400 serious violent or sexual offences. It is the first time such figures have been released and more than 270,000 offences were by criminals who had at least 25 previous convictions or cautions to their name. Separate figures showed 134 dangerous criminals were suspected of carrying out serious further offences such as murder, rape and other violence despite being monitored by the authorities. The figures once again raise questions over the ability of the justice system to rehabilitate offenders. Prisons minister Crispin Blunt said: “Reoffending in this country is unacceptably high and these statistics underline the urgent need for steps to reform the system and introduce a rehabilitation revolution to our prisons and community sentences.” telegraph.co.uk