Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Ian
Johnston gently breathed:
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:43:11 UTC, Alistair Gunn
wrote:
: In uk.railway Pyromancer twisted the electrons to say:
: Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Tim Fenton
: 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.

: You don't need the death penalty in order to prevent reoffending. You
: just need a society that is prepared to lock people up such that they
: either come out of prison in a box or not at all ...

Or one that changes people while they are in prison so they don't
reoffend when they come out.

Indeed. Which is one reason to only execute serial offenders (and even
then only those who commit the worst types of crime). Re-habilitate and
reform wherever possible - but also accept that there are those who
cannot or will not change their ways.

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