| ▲ | stronglikedan 3 days ago |
| > Liability doesn't fix the damage that is already done. Neither does imprisoning murderers for life, but it's one heck of a deterrent. |
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| ▲ | jmcqk6 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| There are quite a few people who murder despite the risk of incarceration. I would love a system that approaches it more like: "you've lost trust of this civilization to act in good faith, and now you will be contained in a way that can rebuild that trust, and you will not be allowed to re-enter this civilization until you have indeed rebuilt that trust." We'll probably never get there. |
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| ▲ | phkahler 3 days ago | parent [-] | | There are quite a few people who murder despite the risk of incarceration. I hate to think how many people would kill if it were not illegal. Think about that. Then tell me its not a deterrent. | | |
| ▲ | pjmlp 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Easy to figure out when looking back into history and past times where that was accepted even as means to sort out honour issues or bar fights. | |
| ▲ | longor1996 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Not a lot of people, because if you went and murdered someone, their family (if they have any) would presumably just murder you in turn. | | |
| ▲ | mitxela 2 days ago | parent [-] | | That would make it a lot of people, then. Because now your family murders their family and their family murders your family. | | |
| ▲ | longor1996 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Yep, and the understandable fear/worry/expectation/knowledge of that possibility happening, is part of the reason that (usually) stops that cycle from starting in the first place. |
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| ▲ | jmcqk6 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I have no doubt that it can be a deterrent for some. The question is more about whether this is the optimal strategy for addressing the problem. | |
| ▲ | intended 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | The greater deterrent is knowing you will be caught. |
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| ▲ | noosphr 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The only time it's worked is in El Salvador and it was because they arrested the 2% of the population who had the potential to be murderers and have so far thrown away they key. I imagine before too long they will also have a final solution to the problem of feeding them for the next 50 years. |
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