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Give a senator enough rope ...
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:26:23 -0800
Today a Conservative Canadian Senator made a rather bizarre suggestion about giving convicted murderers a rope, and allowing them to hang themselves. (No, Im not kidding. http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120201/tory-senators-rope- hanging-idea-120201/20120201?hub=BritishColumbiaHome&utm_source=ctvbc.ca http://www.vancouversun.com/Conservative+senator+says+worst+offenders+should +given+ropes+hang+themselves/6085139/story.html But he later retracted the statement. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/02/01/senator-pierre-hugues-boisvenu-death- penalty_n_1246964.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/02/01/pol-crime-bill-senate.html ) But, never let it be said that we couldnt look at ideas, regardless of how they come. Moral repugnance aside, is this a good idea? Probably not. Would it save money? Only if the murderer felt really, really sorry. And, isnt that what we wanted out of the justice system in the first place? So, we might have saved money and wasted a life. Then again, what if the convicted person was not guilty? I would think that an innocent person, unjustly convicted, would be a prime candidate for suicide. So then we have a monetary saving at the cost of an innocent life. And, for those who really dont feel bad about killing people, they might welcome the option of getting out of a life sentence. So we may be reducing the deterrent effect if we implement the rope idea. If weve got a real psychopath, is it really a good idea to give him a rope, or poison, or a knife, or a gun, or anything particularly dangerous? It isnt too hard to start to imagine scenarios where he/she/it could do some real damage, even within the prison. Maybe we should chip in and buy the Senator a copy of Schneiers Liars and Outliers. ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org We have met the enemy and he is us. - Walt Kelly 1913-1973 victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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