Lets say somebody get there arm cut of or something for murder and two months later new evidence appear that proves him innocent. If he was in jail he would have been let out again but how can you replace an arm?
<!--QuoteBegin-Afr+Apr 19 2004, 06:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Afr @ Apr 19 2004, 06:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Lets say somebody get there arm cut of or something for murder and two months later new evidence appear that proves him innocent. If he was in jail he would have been let out again but how can you replace an arm? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I agree. As people have said before the justice system is not infallible so therefore there should never be any unreverseable punishments. I mean look at these ... <a href='http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/oxfordshire/archive/2000/05/03/TOPNEWS0ZM.html' target='_blank'>David Blagdon</a>
<a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3409183.stm' target='_blank'>Cot Death or Child Murder?</a>
Reminds me of a star trek episode where they visited a planet where there was no crime.
There was a sector unknown by the general population where the law was being enforced. The penalty for breaking a law in the sector was death. Wesley fell into a flower garden by accident, and broke a law which just so happened to being observed by the police.
I know I know, I'm a star trek geek, but still it raises some interesting points. There was no crime at all, because everyone was too afraid they'd get caught and killed. Is that realistic? Would crime really stop if the punishment for everything was death?
No: <ul><li>Crimes are in the large majority impulsive actions that are not accompanied by a rational weighing of cost and benefit.</li><li>Many of the remaining group of 'rational' criminals factor the very real chance of the prosecutors not getting on their tracks in.</li><li>Even removing both of the above, humanity has proven to produce a steady supply of people who refuse to acknowledge the odds - given an appropriate price, those <i>would</i> be willing to take the risk.</li></ul>Point in case: Capital crime statistics are not affected on any significant scale by the possibility of a capital punishment.
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I agree. As people have said before the justice system is not infallible so therefore there should never be any unreverseable punishments.
I mean look at these ...
<a href='http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/oxfordshire/archive/2000/05/03/TOPNEWS0ZM.html' target='_blank'>David Blagdon</a>
<a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3409183.stm' target='_blank'>Cot Death or Child Murder?</a>
There was a sector unknown by the general population where the law was being enforced. The penalty for breaking a law in the sector was death. Wesley fell into a flower garden by accident, and broke a law which just so happened to being observed by the police.
I know I know, I'm a star trek geek, but still it raises some interesting points. There was no crime at all, because everyone was too afraid they'd get caught and killed. Is that realistic? Would crime really stop if the punishment for everything was death?