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Originally Posted by red_rex
I don't think the death penalty is a deterrent in cases like this.
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I think it's a great deterrant. It means only the most stupid bastards will attempt crimes with a death penalty attached, and have you seen the repeat offender rates for those crimes? They're really, really low for some reason...
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Originally Posted by chee
i think the australian govt arnt doing enough...
johnny: "hey i was wondering if you could stop the execution of that van nguyen"
singas pm: "i'd prefer not to"
johnny: "ah k no probs"
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Er.. what business is it of ours in the first place?
If they tried telling us how to run our 'justice' system, we'd swiftly tell them to get screwed, right? How is this any different?