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If that was true we wouldn't have capital punishment at all. Capital punishment is all about revenge, people talk about it in terms of what the perpetrator "des

by m3rc 9y ago

If that was true we wouldn't have capital punishment at all. Capital punishment is all about revenge, people talk about it in terms of what the perpetrator "deserves". The fact that it's utterly innefective in stopping crimes is only now starting to get figured out and addressed.

sokoloff 9y ago
It's entirely effective at stopping future crimes from that particular individual.
- m3rc 9y ago
  Well then, I guess we should be killing anyone who commits any crime. What a novel idea. i'm sure that will result in a perfectly well adjusted society.