From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 07:50:52 MDT
>From: "Lee Corbin" <lcorbin@tsoft.com>
>Second, I'd bring back the good old electric chair as a part
>of the deterrence factor. Maybe I've seen too many old
>Hollywood movies, but it's reassuring to imagine one hoodlum
>saying to the other, "we can't kill 'em, or we'll fry!".
>"Yeah, what, you wanna get the hot seat?" I would also hope
>that electrocution doesn't impair cryonic suspension, because
>I've always thought that the proper course: just because
>rehabilitation is beyond our ability now doesn't mean it
>always will be.
I am a firm supporter of the death penalty for murder, but am
currently unconvinced that the electric chair would have any
deterrent effect. I think this tends to cross the line between
revenge and punishment.
In the case of the death penalty, I support "Final Death" (no
suspension). Since their victim has no hope of recovery, neither
should they.
Brian
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