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Subject: Re: 60 Minutes on Rape - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 25-Jan-84 23:55:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 25 23:55:46 1984
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inmet!fitch    Jan 24 12:37:00 1984

     Regarding the case of the man convicted of rape and sentenced only
to a regular dosage of a hormone-reducing drug, the defense attorney said 
something like this:

>    Normal people don't do this. Therefore he [the defendant] has some-
>    thing wrong with him. Therefore society should treat his illness.

     Am I to infer from this that we should only give criminals the 
appropriate drug to eliminate their violent behavior, then set them free?

     There has be a personal price to pay for this and other criminal acts.
People who rape should pay for it. Giving them drugs for their crime is 
a reward, not a punishment.
 
Geoff Fitch
Intermetrics, Inc.
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