In the mid 80's while in college I saw a study that showed it cost 7 times as much to put an inmate to death as it did to keep him in prison for life. That included all court expenses, appeals, and cost of imprisonment for whatever they considered to be the period of time that represented a life sentence.
-----Original Message----- From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:50 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Father charged in murder of girl and friend >>And what would be the purpose of punishing such a person in a cruel manner, what would it accomplish? DETERRENCE >>Teach him a lesson so he won't do it again? Locking him up for the rest of his life also prevents him from doing it again, probably much more effectively then any other choice except death. Right, and we all get to pay for his expenses for the rest of his miserable life. Why dont we also cut him a payroll check every month while we're at it? >>Use him as an object lesson to others considering such a crime? But people who do this kind of thing don't sit down and >>think about the consequences before hand. I bet they would if they knew they were gonna have to endure hours of agony before a horrifying death. Maybe some wouldnt, but alot would. Certainly better deterrent then a needle in the arm and off to sleep. Or life behind bars, with access to all kinds of things their victims never will. I think when you try to deal in a "civilized" manner with those who are not, by their very nature "civilized" the risks, to them do not seem all that bad. >>Make one feel good that he got as bad or worse as his victims? What does that say about one? This "one" would feel a bit better about the crime knowing that that fucker screamed and cried before he pushed off, just like his daughter probably did. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157141 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
