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   From: dlentz10@/*NOSPAM*/rochester.rr.com   
      
   "Peter H. Proctor" wrote:   
   >   
   > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:59:48 GMT, David Lentz   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >If preventing death of innocents was the true concern, the   
   > >relevant statistic would be the number of murders.   To reduce   
   > >the number of innocent people killed, the  the number of murders   
   > >must be reduced.   At the present time, wrongful judicial   
   > >execution are non existent or trivial.   I do not propose to   
   > >worry, or debate, trivial numbers.   
   >   
   >        A Modest Suggestion:   the small number of innocents executed   
   > are mostly poor, or racial minorities,   etc..      Anyway,  not like   
   > us.    Executing innocents has at least the same deterrent effect as   
   > executing the guilty,   This way,  their otherwise useless lives can   
   > at least serve some social purpose.   
   >   
   > Dr P   
      
   Mostly poor or racial minority is also a fair description of most   
   murder victims.    Protecting the most vulnerable segments of our   
   society from being murdered should be seen as the duty of society   
   and not as a manifestation of racism.   
      
   While we are trying to invent a more perfect judicial system,   
   people are dying.   
      
   David   
      
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