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Re:Last Words From Death Row (2015) by m3rc on Saturday July 08, 2017 @11:58AM (#14725830)
If that was true we wouldn't have capital punishment at all. Capital punishment is all about revenge, people talk about it in terms of what the perpetrator "deserves". The fact that it's utterly innefective in stopping crimes is only now starting to get figured out and addressed.
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Re:Last Words From Death Row (2015) by sokoloff on Saturday July 08, 2017 @12:27PM (#14725963)
It's entirely effective at stopping future crimes from that particular individual.
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Re:Last Words From Death Row (2015) by m3rc on Saturday July 08, 2017 @01:30PM (#14726273)
Well then, I guess we should be killing anyone who commits any crime. What a novel idea. i'm sure that will result in a perfectly well adjusted society.
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