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Re: Meijer - Shop at your own risk.

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From: Paul G Hostetler
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 01:41
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In article <rcrw90-131293153216@node_13059.aieg.mot.com> rcrw90@email.mot.com (Mike Waters) writes:
>In article <greg.n.smith.206.00082034@daytonoh.ncr.com>,
>greg.n.smith@daytonoh.ncr.com (Greg Smith) wrote:
> 
>> People keep saying that the death penalty isn't a deterrent to crime.  Who 
>> cares?!  We aren't executing criminals to scare other criminals.  We execute 
>> criminals because they are too dangerous to remain in society and must be 
>> eliminated for the common good.
>
>Imprisonment for the rest of their life is not only currently an option, it
>is just as effective and (suprise) quite a bit cheaper!

What percentage of convicts awarded life imprisonment actually 
die of old age in prison? 

Wouldn't the death penalty be far less expensive if the process
of perpetual appeals were eliminated?

>
>-- 
>Mike Waters  rcrw90@email.mot.com  AA4MW@KC7Y.PHX.AZ.US.NA
>
>Hate is not a "Family Value"
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From: phostetl@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul G Hostetler)
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Subject: Re: Meijer - Shop at your own risk.
Date: 14 Dec 1993 01:41:42 GMT
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