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In article <2e0260INN5ta@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu> cermak@cis.ohio-state.edu (gerald frank cermak) writes:
>
>>It IS an attitude our country was founded on.  Maybe if they brought back 
>>hangings we'd have less crime, eh?
>
>There has never been any statistical evidence correlating decreased crime
>with increased executions.  NEVER.

	Well,  a dead man has never been a repeat offender !!!

	That is a good enough statistic for me.
>
>While it is true that capital punishment was used for crimes in
>addition to murder and treason (burglary, rape, and other felonies),
>This was a carry over from Europian Laws.  I believe the founding
>fathers of this country saw something better than that, when they
>wrote the constition.

	The founding fathers didn't count on a legal system that treats
	criminals like tourists on vacation. with a revolving door
	policy that puts repeat offenders on the streets to kill
	again.

	The 12 year old in California might take exception to your 
	generous and forgiving thoughts.
	At least her surviving parents would !

	Most hardened criminals do not offer anything to society to justify
	their continued existance.  We do not OWE them a safe secure life 
	at public expense.  Their crimes have negated their right to 
	life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

>
>Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia states:
>
>"Reform of the death penalty began in Europe by the 1750s, and was
>championed by such thinkers as the Italian jurist Cesare Beccaria,
>the French philosopher Voltaire, and the English law reformer Jeremy
>Bentham.  They argued that the death penalty was needlessly cruel,
>overrated as a deterrent, and occasionally imposed in fatal error.
>Along with Quaker leaders and other social reformers, they defended
>life imprisonment as a more rational alternative."
>
>
>Gerry Cermak
>student
>
>"Law makers typically lag 20 years behind common-thought"  - unknown.




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