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Article #992Cost of Capital Punishment (was Re: Wesley A. Dodd)
From: Ron Wanttaja
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:03
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:03
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> Further clouding the issue is the fact that "life without parole" is > *cheaper* than execution. Then, in that case, society's most cost-effective solution would be to just leave them alone... don't execute OR imprison them! Let's say Dodd had never been caught, and went on killing three kids a year until the day he died. His normal lifespan probably would have been 72 years. That's about 120 kids dead... but the costs would be borne entirely by the families involved. The State wouldn't have to spend a penny! :-) :-) Seriously, the whole notion of "just punishment" has enough emotional baggage that I think we should just leave the financial issues out of it.... Ron Wanttaja prang@plato.ds.boeing.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!fluke!plato!prang From: prang@plato.ds.boeing.com (Ron Wanttaja) Newsgroups: pnw.general Subject: Cost of Capital Punishment (was Re: Wesley A. Dodd) Message-ID: <C0KGIC.L40@plato.ds.boeing.com> Date: 9 Jan 93 03:03:47 GMT Article-I.D.: plato.C0KGIC.L40 References: <1993Jan5.060212.11129@tessi.com> <1993Jan5.212321.23381@tera.com> <1993Jan08.181043.16982@Celestial.COM> Distribution: pnw Organization: Boeing Defense & Space Group Lines: 19