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- From: rhockins@enrico.tmc.edu (Russell Hockins)
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- Subject: Re: Carjackers/Citizens/Life/Guns/Bernhard Goetz
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:28:50 GMT
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- In article <1gvsreINNiv7@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (x4604 (Hauskins)) writes:
- >
- >Yes materialism to the ultimate. Just blow em away jack, that it make
- >stop. Oh course, let's look at punishment by death, that has sure
- >cut down on murders, hasn't it?? :->
-
- It hasn't *only* because it is not properly carried out.
-
- Look how many times the sentence has been changed, commuted to life
- inprisonment, where they then get out in 10 to 15 years on 'good
- behavior'.
-
- Well it sure as heck wasn't 'good behavior' that got them in there in the
- first place.
-
- Of course they will 'do the crime' again when they know a death penalty
- only means 10 years in jail.
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