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   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article  Peter H. Proctor   
    writes:   
      
   > In theory,  the death penalty accomplishes two things   
   >   
   >1) ObtainsJustice for the victim and loved ones.   
      
   How does killing someone obtain justice?  I would submit that life in prison   
   without possibility of parole is much harsher punishment, therefore higher   
   justice, than a quick, easy, death.   
      
   >2) Deters others from committing the same crime.   
      
   But it doesn't.  Study after study shows that not only does the death penalty   
   not deter crime, in some cases it may worsen crime.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
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