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Article #10529Re: Question?
From: Paul Hyett
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:32
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:32
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, David Buttery <davidbutteryANTISPAM@x-stream.co.uk> stated this considered view. To keep the thread going, I replied - >Paul Hyett wrote on 17 Dec 2000: > >>If a 'Life sentence' meant exactly that - NO chance of parole under any >>normal circumstances, then I suspect you might be right. The 'no parole' >>would have to be up to the judges discretion of course. > >I don't think so, in fact. I would guess (and it is only a guess) that a >higher percentage of anti-death penalty people than pros would go to the >polls, for one thing. But the Pro's could point out people like Myra Hindley, Yorkshire Ripper, Fred West, etc. >Also, I think that during the campaign the anti side >would be able to draw on a great mass of experience to show that capital >punishment is ineffective - there is far less evidence in its favour. Whether it's an effective deterrent is one thing, but it's certainly the most effective punishment - it tends to cut recidivism 100%! >And >on top of that, there's the clincher: "do we *really* want to end up like >the US?" :-) > The most effective anti-argument would inevitably be the possibility of innocent men being executed. -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108b95,bef28502360c1db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid108b95,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,bef28502360c1db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-Thread: 110678,bef28502360c1db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid110678,public X-Google-Thread: 105dfd,bef28502360c1db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid105dfd,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,bef28502360c1db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,bef28502360c1db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-18 10:02:05 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news-x.support.nl!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!activist.demon.co.uk!pahyett From: Paul Hyett <pahyett@activist.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: dfw.general,md.general,dc.general,dc.politics,austin.general,uk.politics.electoral Subject: Re: Question? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:32:51 +0000 Message-ID: <p9KczbAzucP6EwuV@activist.demon.co.uk> References: <3A3AD6A7.F6D0DAF1@mindspring.net> <3A3AEA11.2B345260@mecca.org> <Xns900CAFEB2davidbutteryxstream@130.133.1.4> <RpJSGvA$bIP6EwI+@activist.demon.co.uk> <Xns900E9426davidbutteryxstream@130.133.1.4> NNTP-Posting-Host: activist.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: activist.demon.co.uk:158.152.24.238 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 977162472 nnrp-07:3615 NO-IDENT activist.demon.co.uk:158.152.24.238 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 4.02 U <wte4iQQBgGYVRswckVGrMWZk8N> Lines: 31