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Article #10536Re: Question?
From: David Buttery
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:00
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:00
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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. 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. And on top of that, there's the clincher: "do we *really* want to end up like the US?" :-) -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
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