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To: js1138
As for people on death row, I suspect that in 50 or 100 years there won't be any, precisely because our knowledge of brain disorders will advance.

I can see it now...child rapists and pedophiles and serial murderers will no longer be punished, they will be given drugs and released into society. Anyone who would support such a thing has NEVER been a victim of crime.

5,583 posted on 01/21/2003 10:29:16 AM PST by exmarine
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To: exmarine
I can see it now...child rapists and pedophiles and serial murderers will no longer be punished, they will be given drugs and released into society. Anyone who would support such a thing has NEVER been a victim of crime.

Forgiveness is tough, but it's required by your faith. Can you give me a reason, based on Christian principles, for punishing someone whose mental equipment is observably defective? I will grant that we have limited knowledge of the brain at present, but history suggests this is temporary.

Have you ever considered there might be a reason why god forgives us?

5,593 posted on 01/21/2003 11:51:59 AM PST by js1138
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