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   In the previous article, Big Mongo   wrote:   
   > Robin M. Maher, the director of the Death Penalty Information   
   > Center, said Texas was the only state to require such a finding.   
   >   
   > “Texas asks juries to predict the future in order to identify who   
   > will be punished by death,” Ms. Maher said. “It’s unfair to juries   
   > and defendants, and it’s irresponsible of Texas to ask the   
   > question. Predicting future dangerousness is a completely   
   > unscientific, unreliable process that only increases the unfairness   
   > and unpredictability of the death penalty.”   
      
   And yet we demand such predictions from judges, parole officers,   
   wardens, psychologists and dozens of others.  And I have my doubts   
   that Texas has ever asserted that anyone is capable of 100% perfect   
   foresight in such matters.  But there are factors that have pretty   
   good predictive value.   
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