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Old 09-15-2011, 08:25 PM
spdrun spdrun is offline
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Originally Posted by kip Foss View Post
Whether you kill the criminal of put him away until he dies of old age the main objective is to keep the bastard off the streets and keep him from doing what he did. Life without parole seems to work well without the cost.
Life without parole should apply in the rarest of rare cases (basically incorrigible serial killers). The "normal" sentence for premeditated murder should be something like 20-life -- trust the parole board to decide whether the criminal continues to be a danger to society.

i.e. Manson is eligible for parole, but no one has granted such a thing to him!
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