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Post by Tenarke on Sept 28, 2009 19:02:29 GMT -5
The ethical merits and demerits of capital punishment have been discussed here to some length. I suppose that I have become too jaundiced to suppose that we might stop the practice simply because it was wrong. However what if we come to see that this form of “justice” is simply too expensive? www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/opinion/28mon3.html?_r=1&th&emc=thConsidering the overcrowded state of our prison system at present and that we are unable to safeguard our convicts from each other, maybe a life sentence without possibility of parole is a much more severe punishment even than execution. Life without hope is not exactly letting someone “get away with it”.
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Post by Tenarke on Jan 6, 2010 15:28:43 GMT -5
Bit by bit the legal profession appears to be distancing itself from capitol punishment: www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/us/05bar.html?th&emc=thThough they as a profession do not yet disapprove of the death penalty, they now no longer necessarily approve. Small steps, but in the right direction.
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