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Wed Dec-15-10 09:39 PM
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87. it can certainly deter one person

because s/he won't be alive to repeat the crime. Ted Bundy, the escape artist, was able to kill the sorority girls in Florida because he had escaped from prison. His execution was likely no deterent to other sociopaths BUT he will never kill again!

Those who favor the death penalty are not necessarily thinking that the penalty deters others. Rather, it is punishment for the crime(s) committed.

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