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- From: mjones@fenway.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Mike Jones)
- Subject: Re: An End to the Sanctity of Human Life Argument
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- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 05:15:12 GMT
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- mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) writes:
- : J H Woodyatt (bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com) wrote:
- : : rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Brian Rush ) writes:
- : : # Besides, you could look at it in a completely economic way: in societies
- : : # where capital punishment is executed quickly and consistently for murder
- : : # the number of murders that are thus prevented by this effective deterent
- : : # greatly outnumber the number of executions. Even in american, where
- : : # capital punishment is in reality hardly a fact, the numbers are about
- : : # equal. Just ask any law enforcement official. I was told directly by
- : : # Gates' former assistant chief that this is true in LA.
- : : Aaiiieee!!!
- : : This guy gets my vote for Most Wiggy Conservative Screwhead on Usenet
- : : for the month of December.
- : Riddle me this, batman! How many executions in the US since 1930?
- : 3500.
-
- Very nice, facts at hand. For bonus points, riddle me this: How many of the
- 3500 were innocent?
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