01-28-2006, 05:01 AM
GenericKen,Jan 27 2006, 05:15 PM Wrote:Well, there are more than 3 reasons for a penal system:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment#Po..._for_punishment
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You forgot my favourite reason, economics. The only reason I prefer death penalty over life imprisonment is pure economics. I don't know about the U.S. situation, but over here the cost per prisoner per year is (order of magnitude of) 5-10 times the average wage. With our current system that means it takes the taxes of about fifteen to thirty workers to fund one prisoner (also note: workers, not citizens).