On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 9:48 AM Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
>> before you start worrying about deterrence you should make sure that the >> man you have just convicted of murder does not murder again. Take for >> example the case of Kenneth McDuff, he was convicted of the rape torture >> and murder of 3 children in 1966 and sentenced to death, but it was later >> commuted to life in prison. Despite the life sentence he was released from >> prison in 1989 due to overcrowding. As a free man over the next 3 years >> McDuff tortured at least 5 more children to death before he was caught. In >> 1998 he was finally executed, he never killed anybody after that and I >> think we can be pretty sure he never will. >> > > *> Removing a hazard, if that’s how you want to look at the legal system, > does not require any consideration of the criteria for free will, but > deterring people from breaking legal or moral rules does.* > Punishment is a factor in the environment and the fear of that is often sufficient to stop somebody from murdering. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> mzy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2gDzFG-kM4qzAfjLF29NvS9D2fy6X5L3Tb%2BqBeS_zUDw%40mail.gmail.com.
