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From: swami@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: Public hanging in India.
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 10:17:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 10:17:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU!swami    Dec 11 09:17:00 1985


Isn't capital punishment always in public in all countries?

I think it is questionable whether it is more merciful to sentence a person
to 99 years imprisonment than to kill them. I felt this strongly when recently
I saw on TV the case of a woman who had tortured her neighbour's child to
death. After 20 years in prison, she was pleading with the parole board that
she had reformed and begged to be let free. There were widespread protests
that such a person shouldn't be released, that now other parents wouldn't feel
safe with this woman loose. (The parole board in a 3-2 decision let her go.)

swami@a.cs.uiuc.edu
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