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To: koan who wrote (783371)	5/4/2014 2:21:16 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578148

<<) Are you for seeking a just resolution to crimes?>> Koan: Of course. <<2) Do you think a just resolution to crimes is achievable.>> Koan: Of course. << What is the just resolution in the case of a heinous crime which is definite. If you don't believe a just resolution is achievable simply admit that much.>> Koan: For the 50th time, life in prison. It fails and contradicts your own assertion. Life in prison is not resolute: Life is not resolute because heinous criminals often continue to harm society during life imprisonment. It is a public safety fall back. Scientists report that the temptation to explain away all heinous crimes at the consequence of "sick" and "twisted" minds is far to simplistic. In fact, many heinous crimes can be explained much more rationally. If you had looked into actual cases of genuinely heinous events you would know that. Life in prison is not reconciliatory: No case is truly closed until society is reconciled with the event and able to move on. ================================================================ Some Typologies that do not lend themselves to the simple insanity explanation: Power: Power and dominance are key to most serial killings and a substantial number of mass killings (for example, multiple homicides committed by health care professionals, pseudo-commando killers in battle fatigues, and mission-oriented killers such as the Una-bomber). Some murderers Rape their victims as an afterthought, referred to as a "bonus." Revenge: Revenge against specific individuals (for example, estranged lovers, family members, or employers), particular groups of people (for example, church or synagogue worshipers, peace demonstrators at a rally, students) or society at large motivates a significant number of multiple murderers. In some instances the revenge is directed against people who are not known to the murderer personally but who are some how affiliated with an enemy--what is known as "murder by proxy." Sexual Access: Although rape is often about male violence, aggression, and power, sometimes the rapist's goal is explicitly sexual in nature. Some rapists prefer to have sex with a partner who is a total stranger and whom they have no personal commitment. Some rapists vent their anger toward women by raping them--a form of "collective liability." According to the concept of collective liability, the rapist's victim is a substitute for the woman against whom he wants revenge. Rapists often talk about using rape "to get even." Recreation and adventure: this form of rape is most often found in the context of gang activity, for example , when a gang abducts a hitch-hiker or pedestrian in order to rape that person or a gang member invites other gang members to rape his date. Profit: Some murders are motivated by self-protection, for example to eliminate evidence associated with another crime (such as armed robbery) or to facilitate access to victims' assets (bank accounts, retirement benefits). Terror: Some multiple murders are the direct result of politically motivated, ideologically driven acts of terror, terrorism that leads to multiple murders is usually designed to send a strong message regarding some cause. Some terrorist acts are carried out by true crusaders who are politically motivated, whereas others are carried out by members of organized crime. books.google.com

To: koan who wrote (783371)	5/4/2014 7:38:42 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1578148

The problem with life in prison is that liberals let such people out so they can murder again. With the death penalty, pro-criminal liberals can't let them loose to murder again: Look at how Dukakis started a program that let Willie Horton, a convicted murderer sentenced to life in prison, out on weekend furloughs. Jerry Michael Ward -- Originally sentenced to die in the electric chair, for committing murder with malice in the rape and murder of a Houston school girl. His sentence was commuted to life in prison when the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in 1972. Although the death penalty was reinstated, the sentence was not. He was subsequently paroled in 1984 after serving 18 years in prison. He was the number one suspect in two new cases, involving the the disappearance of Connie Sue Cooke, and the murder of Brenda Maureen Hackett. But althought police were on the verge of arresting him, Ward committed suicide in a self-inflicted execution. Jack Henry Abbott, who had murdered a fellow prison inmate, was released early from a Utah prison. On July 18, 1981, six-weeks after his release, Abbott stabbed actor Richard Adan to death in New York. Kenneth Allen McDuff is one of the most hated and reviled names in Texas criminal history. Often called "the Poster Boy of Capital Punishment," he is the only man in US history to be sentenced to death, released from death row and then sentenced to death again and executed for a different crime. ....... Subsequently released, and murdered as many as 19 young women after his release. Finally executed in 1998 for the murder of Melissa Ann Northrup see ... Who once remarked "Killing a woman is like killing a chicken. They both squawk."