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transplant99 · 07-07-2005, 01:32 PM

And this one is interesting as well...

Obviously, those executed can’t murder again. "Of the roughly 52,000 state prison inmates serving time for murder in 1984, an estimated 810 had previously been convicted of murder and had killed 821 persons following their previous murder convictions. Executing each of these inmates would have saved 821 lives." (41, 1 Stanford Law Review, 11/88, pg. 153) Using a 75% murder clearance rate, it is most probable that the actual number of lives saved would have been 1026, or fifty times the number legally executed that year. This suggests that some 10,000 persons have been murdered, since 1971, by those who had previously committed additional murders (JFA). See B.5.

Yeah, no reason to sentence these guys to death...i mean whats 10,000 more dead?

Again, Im not a pro-death penalty guy per se. When its a repeat offender or a multiple murder case tho? One has to look at it pretty closely. It is an appropriate punishment for not only what was done, but what will happen in the future should these convicted get released.

07-07-2005, 01:32 PM	#40
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	And this one is interesting as well... Obviously, those executed can’t murder again. "Of the roughly 52,000 state prison inmates serving time for murder in 1984, an estimated 810 had previously been convicted of murder and had killed 821 persons following their previous murder convictions. Executing each of these inmates would have saved 821 lives." (41, 1 Stanford Law Review, 11/88, pg. 153) Using a 75% murder clearance rate, it is most probable that the actual number of lives saved would have been 1026, or fifty times the number legally executed that year. This suggests that some 10,000 persons have been murdered, since 1971, by those who had previously committed additional murders (JFA). See B.5. Yeah, no reason to sentence these guys to death...i mean whats 10,000 more dead? Again, Im not a pro-death penalty guy per se. When its a repeat offender or a multiple murder case tho? One has to look at it pretty closely. It is an appropriate punishment for not only what was done, but what will happen in the future should these convicted get released.