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From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Bastille mentality (and moriarty's ?
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Date: Sun, 25-Nov-84 09:08:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 25 09:08:44 1984
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> Regarding the alternatives to capital punishment: lifetime and public
> incarceration.  Let the public know that this little cell is what awaits
> you for the rest of your life if you commit what is now a capital offense.
> Show how much fun it must be to never see daylight.
> 
> And let these miserable souls become public figures.  Take them to schools
> in their chains and show school children what a life of crime leads to.
> But no matter what, do not kill them.  For you, the jury that convicted
> them, might have been mistaken, and they might be innocent!

What is worse, killing an innocent person or condemning an innocent person
to a life of torture and misery? In my view they are equally bad, and your
argument makes no sense.

	Wayne