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Is it better that an innocent man is executed occassionally, pour encourager les autres, than that anarchy runs riot?
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We ought to hang people for parking on double yellow lines. Many years ago, it was established that the typical murderer was not deterred by the death penalty; often the more 'balanced' ones committed suicide , a particular feature of domestic murders, and the rest didn't give it a thought.
However, the generally law abiding, the mass of the population, would deterred by draconian punishments for their own offences. A really severe penalty for the kind of offence that they might be tempted to commit would deter them. Hence the correct, but theoretical, proposition that the death penalty would work to stop illegal parking! (It would work to stop noisy neighbours, too)
By the way, the admiral whose execution gave rise to 'pour encourager les autres' was an unlucky man. The tribunal that found him guilty of dereliction of duty recommended mercy. But Byng was shot anyway, to encourage the others.
However, the generally law abiding, the mass of the population, would deterred by draconian punishments for their own offences. A really severe penalty for the kind of offence that they might be tempted to commit would deter them. Hence the correct, but theoretical, proposition that the death penalty would work to stop illegal parking! (It would work to stop noisy neighbours, too)
By the way, the admiral whose execution gave rise to 'pour encourager les autres' was an unlucky man. The tribunal that found him guilty of dereliction of duty recommended mercy. But Byng was shot anyway, to encourage the others.
No. Totally, absolutely, positively not.
No innocent person should EVER be punished, whether by execution, imprisonment or otherwise.
If that means that some guilty people slip through the net, then that means that we, as a society, must try harder.
Our failure to capture the Guilty does NOT justify wrongful punishment of the Innocent.
No innocent person should EVER be punished, whether by execution, imprisonment or otherwise.
If that means that some guilty people slip through the net, then that means that we, as a society, must try harder.
Our failure to capture the Guilty does NOT justify wrongful punishment of the Innocent.
My father was interviewed about a murder which took place.
I think all the evidence was pointing at him.
The only problem was it was a Sunday and he remembered where he was as it was the only Sunday he worked in his life.
He was doing some repairs in a different police station and he had been filmed about 30 times and 4 police officers remembered him.
John
I think all the evidence was pointing at him.
The only problem was it was a Sunday and he remembered where he was as it was the only Sunday he worked in his life.
He was doing some repairs in a different police station and he had been filmed about 30 times and 4 police officers remembered him.
John
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My father was interviewed about a murder which took place.
I think all the evidence was pointing at him.
The only problem was it was a Sunday and he remembered where he was as it was the only Sunday he worked in his life.
He was doing some repairs in a different police station and he had been filmed about 30 times and 4 police officers remembered him.
my dad was interviewed on 3 occasions regarding the yorkshire ripper case because he had a gap in his tooth.
saying that my mothers life was probably saved by over zealous coppers on her way home from work.
My father was interviewed about a murder which took place.
I think all the evidence was pointing at him.
The only problem was it was a Sunday and he remembered where he was as it was the only Sunday he worked in his life.
He was doing some repairs in a different police station and he had been filmed about 30 times and 4 police officers remembered him.
my dad was interviewed on 3 occasions regarding the yorkshire ripper case because he had a gap in his tooth.
saying that my mothers life was probably saved by over zealous coppers on her way home from work.
Back in 1970 a friend of mine was interviewed several times in connection with the Barbara Mayo case. He was the spitting image of the photo-fit issued and he owned a grey Morris Traveler, similar to the one Barbara was last seen in. Fortunately he had the perfect alibi he was in Benidorm on his Honeymoon but the circumstantial could have been quite damming.
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