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>"Joan Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>Hello Terry,
>
>There appears to be no fully satisfactory solution in all cases for what to
>do with those who commit the crime of murder. I have felt the DP was more
>correct in some instances and LWOP in others. I really don't think one can
>say the DP deters murder any more than one can say it does not. Some may
>be deterred and others not.
>
> Joan
Hi Joan,
Obviously a dead Ted Bundy will kill no more but at least one serial killer
("Charmer," Jack Olsen) took Bundy as a model. Those executed become more
of a heroic model than a caged animal like Charles Manson, even with his
cult following. Anyway statistics seem to bear out that a death penalty
actually increases murders rather than deters them.
But my main complaint against the death penalty is that we kill innocent
people. Few advocates of the death penalty are willing to face that.
Even above that the executioner often harvests the least offensive killers.
Caryl Chessman, whose ghost saved many from the hangman for decades, wrote
about some bank robbers who killed a teller. When the driver, who had never
before been involved in serious crime, was executed the hardened killers had
escaped with their lives. As best I can recall they were already out of
prison. They knew the ropes and had access to the best defense lawyers.
That's pretty much the way the system works.
Best, Terry
"Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
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