09-19-2005, 04:19 PM
Doc, that is the way of politics (and Lurker threads) you start a serious topic and some troll takes it off course, or you start a troll and someone serious takes it off course. Anyway, the result is with the best or worst of intentions you never get what you wanted, or even needed. :D
eppie,Sep 19 2005, 10:19 AM Wrote:Punishment has two goals...I always thought of our justice system as three things. 1] Justice, in that the society exacts a penance comensurate with a crime against the society, 2] Rehabilitation, to attempt to repair or redeem a broken citizen, and 3] Protection, by removing that offender from the society for a period of time (sometimes indefinately if they are deemed unworthy of any participation). The death penalty seems to fit in 1] to exact the highest punishment for heinous crimes, or 3] to rid society of a pariah.
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