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From: mat@mtx5a.UUCP (m.terribile)
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Subject: Re: Re: My problems with rape (or why my views are so different from
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> Yes.  A rapist that spends a few days in the hospital after attacking a
> woman willing (and able) to fight back is likely to think twice in the
> future -- and at least he's out of circulation while he's in the hospital.
> 
...
> In some cities, running a liquor store at night without a gun under the
> counter is JUST PLAIN STUPID!  Do they deserve to be robbed?  No.  Is
> it going to happen?  Almost certainly.
> 
> Rapists shot dead cease to be a societal problem.
> 
> Clayton E. Cramer

Likewise murderers executed, etc.  This is an unfortunate but simple fact
that people who gather data about the deterrent effects of this kind of
punishment in the law or that kind or punishment in the law seem to ignore.
Note ``seem to''.  I haven't read any studies.  (Freely admitted ...)  But
a rapist shot dead in the act, or an armed robber shot dead with a gun in
his hand is not going to further menace society.
-- 

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