From: EvMick@aol.com
Date: Sat Nov 28 1998 - 16:19:57 MST
In a message dated 11/24/98 9:17:36 AM Central Standard Time, talon57@well.com
writes:
>
> Second,I feel that the death penalty is the appropriate punishment
> for the unlawful and malicious killing of a fellow human being.
>
That's all that needs to be said about it then. A punishment that fits the
crime. Deterrance etc doesn't enter into the argument. However the death
penalty does prevent multiple offenses....
or as retroman@together.net (Michael Lorrey) so eloquently states.....
>Contrasting this with the huge deterrent effect that allowing law abiding
citizens
>to carry concealed weapons has on violent crimes, we can surmise that
>the only effective form of death penalty is one which is exacted at the
>crime scene. No technicalities, no appeals.
I can agree with that....
However in state sponsored executions I would like to see the method changed.
I think total body organ harvesting would be much more appropriate.
EvMick
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