From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Tue Aug 06 2002 - 21:26:59 MDT
Brian D Williams wrote:
>
>>And the good of two senseless and unnecessary deaths when one
>>has already occurred is, what?
>>
>
> No, it's one senseless and unnecessary death and one sensible and
> very necessary death.
>
> The purpose of executing the murder is twofold, one, punishment for
> the act committed, their own life is the only thing of even
> remotely equivalent value. (restitution)
That is not restitution of anything for anybody. It is yet
another utterly avoidable death. Restitution looks quite
different. Punishment has zero value unless it acts as a
deterrent reasonably well. There is a lot of data that says it
doesn't in this case.
> I of course would argue
> that the life of a murderer is worth considerably less, but that is
> the best they can do. Two, to demonstrate to anyone else who even
> remotely contemplates the possibility of murdering someone else
> that they will share the same fate.
Proven not to work. Next?
- samantha
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