09-20-2005, 01:33 AM
kandrathe,Sep 19 2005, 10:19 AM Wrote: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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Arguments around crime policy seem to revolve around these arguments, but I'm surprised that it doesn't all focus onto one thing: reducing crime. I don't care if someone gets 3 years jail or community service, I just want to have less chance of getting beat up or killed or such. Whether death penalty does this is up for grabs.
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