Hi, >> You kno, I can't help but think of the resemblance to the real world >> death penalty for humans - AFAICT it does not seem to deter criminals. > > Singapore has approximately one hundredth to one thousandth the crime > rate of western democracies - near zero rapes, and dramatically fewer > murders. Not only is their lower class law abiding, their bankers and > bureaucrats, unlike ours are also law abiding. > > From which it is evident that the death penalty *does* deter, both for > institutions and individuals.
May I, just for reasons of comparison, have the same numbers for the US, especially the states with a death penalty, and the UK and/or DE? Ralph -- Ralph Holz Network Architectures and Services Technische Universität München http://www.net.in.tum.de/de/mitarbeiter/holz/ PGP: A805 D19C E23E 6BBB E0C4 86DC 520E 0C83 69B0 03EF
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