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From: jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (Richard Jeffreys)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: The Dotson Case
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 17:39:33 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 22 17:39:33 1985
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> Finally, before I get flamed to a cinder, I'd like to state that I consider
> rape  to  be  a  terrible  crime  of  violence and strongly favor the death
> penalty for habitual offenders (life imprisonment  for  1st  offense).  The
> forgoing are merely my thoughts on why so few rapists are convicted at all.

> The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe)
> {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe

How many times would a person have to be convicted of rape for it to be
classeed as habitual ? Two, Three, Four or more times ??

Just committing rape once is bad enough.

If the offender was in prison for life for a first offense, and life ment
LIFE, it would be rather unlikley that the offender would have the chance
to become an *habitual* offender.

Unfortunately life imprisonment hardly ever is LIFE imprisonment.

-- 
 [ Hey when I get it right;
                       will you tell me please;
                                           I wanna know -  Joan Armatrading ]
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