Art: This discussion began with a defense of "bruising" children. That is hardly spanking. I think if you look at those beyond death row -- simply violent criminals - you will find abuse in almost every circumstance.
---- Paul Finkelman President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law Albany Law School 80 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY 12208 518-445-3386 (p) 518-445-3363 (f) pf...@albanylaw.edu www.paulfinkelman.com --- On Mon, 8/3/09, artspit...@aol.com <artspit...@aol.com> wrote: From: artspit...@aol.com <artspit...@aol.com> Subject: Re: Wisconsin convicts parents for denial of medical treatment To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:08 PM Because a few seriously abused children become murderers, society needs to prohibit spanking? In a message dated 8/3/09 9:05:21 PM, hamilto...@aol.com writes: Paul is correct here. If you want to evidence of the causal connection between the home situation and criminal behavior, read the files of the individuals who are on death row. Not infrequently, it is hard to figure out who acted more heinously -- the parents of the death row inmate or the death row inmate himself. I'm not saying that home circumstances should be an adequate defense to murder. Rather, as a society it is foolish not to make every effort to stem harm to children. ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd=JulystepsfooterNO115) -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
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