From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Tue Aug 06 2002 - 15:55:11 MDT
Rafal writes
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> And the good of two senseless and unnecessary deaths when one
> has already occurred is, what?
>
> ### Mainly the pleasure of seeing the dead body of a murderer.
Like I said, punishment for crime is carried out (in every
civilization) for four classical reasons: deterrence, removal,
rehabilitation, and revenge.
The first two are logical and effective, the last two are not.
We aren't smart enough to rehabilitate anyone, yet, and
society doesn't need revenge.
(Yes, it is perfectly true---and cannot be ignored---that
the victim or close relatives of the victim want revenge,
and perhaps even need it. I consider that merely incidental,
though not coincidental.)
Lee
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