Subj : Re: Gun Control reasons
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Finnigann
Date : Sat Sep 03 2005 01:28 am

-=> Angus McLeod wrote to The Lizard Master <=-

 AM>   Re: Gun Control reasons
 AM>   By: The Lizard Master to richardw on Fri Sep 02 2005 09:51:00

 > I stil don't understand how the death penalty will deter people from killing
 > people.

 AM> AFAIK, it functions in two ways:

 AM> 1)  It remove a particular killer from the scene, ensuring that (s)he
 AM>     don't do any more killing.  A fool-proof deterent, IMHO.

Only if you have the correct fool in jail. 

That's the stumbling block. Our system demands that innocent people be
released, if there is a reasonable doubt. It is better to let ten guilty people
go free than to convict a innocent person.


 AM> 2)  It serve as an example/warning to other would-be killers, as to
 AM> what
 AM>     they can expect to happen to them if they actually do kill.  For
 AM> this
 AM>     to be a reasonable deterent, the chance of execution would have to
 AM> be
 AM>     high.  It doesn't serve as much of a deterence to others if only
 AM> one
 AM>     in every 10,000 convicted murderers is executed.  Those might be
 AM>     considered acceptable odds by too many would-be killers.

Got your alibi ready I see...

Would this make you feel better about it?

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