[Vision2020] [Vision2020) DEATH TO VERMIN!

[Bill London]

T-
you are making assumptions that fit your prejudices.  unfortunately, they do
not fit with reality.
first, remember that capital punishment is much more expensive than life
incarceration (count all the automatic appeals, free defense lawyers, etc)
second, why do you think sociopathic killers like Duncan would be deterred
by capital punishment?  I think it is fair to say that Duncan was determined
to rape/kill despite his knowledge that those were capital offenses.  Most
capital crimes are crimes of passion where punishment is not relevant.
third, if capital punishment is so wonderful a deterrent, why are the US
crime rate and incarceration rates so much larger than those rates in
countries without capital punishment (like those in Europe)?
BL





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony" <tonytime at clearwire.net>
To: <whayman at adelphia.net>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Vision2020) DEATH TO VERMIN!


> Actually whayman, killing sociopathic predators does indeed, in a very
real
> sense, bring someone back.  By acting as a deterrent to future aggression
> and rendering the problem of recidivism moot, capital punishment would
> preempt thousands of innocent deaths annually.
>
> Until you are able to muster the courage to dispense with predatory vermin
> such as Duncan, you will continue to be part of the problem.
>
> Frustrated by the lily-livered left,  -T
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <whayman at adelphia.net>
> To: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Duncan plea deal
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I would agree with anyone that Duncan tests the limits much more than
even
> > more than Malvo in the DC area. What Duncan apparently did lies outside
> > the human scope of sympathy. But even within this absolutely and
> > disgustingly twisted psychopathic scenario, I still cannot advocate a
> > penalty of death for anyone. Duncan included.
> >
> > Killing, as we all know, brings back no one. The argument of the death
> > penalty as resolution and closure I find closer to vengeance than
justice.
> >
> > Please don't take me wrong; I don't think rehab etc. is the issue in
this
> > case. I do hope that the rest of his life is spent anonymously and
ignobly
> > incarcerated.
> >
> > Warren Hayman
> >
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