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Subject: capital punishment as deterrent
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Date: Mon, 3-Oct-83 10:42:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  3 10:42:13 1983
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Perhaps the reason why capital punishment or any other form of
punishment under the law is not a deterrent is that they are
plea bargained down to squat.  In the past 10 or even 20 years,
how many criminals have actually been executed that were given
a death sentence ?  Perhaps the reason why people in other countries
are more law abiding is that justice was usually swift and invariable,
if you were caught stealing, your hand was cut off.  Americans that
take drug dealings lightly here in the US are often horribly surprised
when they do the same thing in another country.

Maybe we finally need to punish the criminal, rather than protect him and
blame the victim.