[Grovenet] Capital punishment? I don't need no stinkin'capitalpunishment . . . .

[Steve Jerrett]

I can't argue with that!!
>
> Yep, I agree that incarceration of violent criminals can protect
> the rest of society from them, and is appropriate, but in
> general, when the innocent are in prison, the case is closed
> and the guilty are still out there -- and we are not
> protected from them!
>
> Geri
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Howden" <jeff at jeffhowden.com>
> To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Capital punishment? I don't need nostinkin'capital 
> punishment . . . .
>
>
>>> > > For me, the most compelling reason for punishment is
>>> > > the protection ot the rest of society.
>>> >
>>> > So what was society being protected from in the case of
>>> > Mr. Woodward, precisely?
>>>
>>> Probably nothing.
>>>
>>> Please explain your point.
>>
>> If the motivation is protection, yet the system is flawed enough that
>> innocent people are going to prison or worse, then is that protection the
>> right motivation?
>>
>>>From a different perspective, when is everyone going to figure out that 
>>>we
>> can't protect people from themselves.  With criminal behavior and the
>> current system of addressing it, we'll always be reacting under the guise 
>> of
>> protecting and allowing that and/or outside influences (politics, race,
>> social class, etc.) color how we use that system to our own benefit (and 
>> the
>> detriment of some that are innocent like Mr. Woodward).
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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