Oh, puh-leeze. You mean the 'we sentence you to death, well, maybe not, we have to hear a billion appeal attempts, clemency appeals, protests, oh wait, now it's the human rights folks protesting the mental anguish aspect' silliness?
And NO punishment would be a 100% deterrent but if it deters 10%, is it worth it?
So you think that is the thought process that a criminal has before killing somebody? That they will lead a cushy life behind bars and evade their execution via countless appeals? Possible, but not probable.
We are obviously talking about two very different crimes and punishments here, but my point is that the perpetrators of these crimes are probably not terribly concerned about the consequences of their actions. They are interested in the here and now.
Oh, puh-leeze. You mean the 'we sentence you to death, well, maybe not, we have to hear a billion appeal attempts, clemency appeals, protests, oh wait, now it's the human rights folks protesting the mental anguish aspect' silliness?
And NO punishment would be a 100% deterrent but if it deters 10%, is it worth it?
So you think that is the thought process that a criminal has before killing somebody? That they will lead a cushy life behind bars and evade their execution via countless appeals? Possible, but not probable.
We are obviously talking about two very different crimes and punishments here, but my point is that the perpetrators of these crimes are probably not terribly concerned about the consequences of their actions. They are interested in the here and now.
