Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Ian
Johnston gently breathed:
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:45:25 UTC, Pyromancer
wrote:
: [ response for the benefit of anyone else reading the thread ]
: Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Tim Fenton
: gently breathed:

: We don't execute.

: That's the problem. We let them out to re-offend, again and again, and
: each time some other innocent victim's life is ruined, often forever.

Have you any evidence for that?

See numerous reported cases where serious sex offenders have been
released only to commit more offences?

And are you arguing that we should
kill all rapists, or only serial ones?

I don't think it's safe to execute anyone for a single offence, the risk
of convicting someone innocent would be too high. But if someone has
committed a really horrific crime like violent rape several times and
the proof is to a high enough standard that there is no reasonable
doubt, then we should either execute or lock up forever. Given finite
resources, I'd rather execute and put the savings to better uses like
health or pensions. TBH, execution is probably more humane than locking
someone up for 60 years.

: The underlying problem is that a proportion of the human race is
: naturally evil.

Proof?

Um... Where would you like me to start? Witchburning? Serial killers?
The UK guy who was interviewed in a programme on mercenaries during the
Bosnian war who said "I've always wanted to kill legally"? Serial
rapists? People who rape six month old babies? The people who
brainwash other people into being suicide bombers? Just about any
religious war you care to name? The list is endless...

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