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Old 03-01-2008, 04:02 PM   #26 (permalink)
genuinegirly
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Whole life tariffs, or life in prison sentences, are appropriate when a person is deemed by the court beyond reform.

Sutcliffe could be a threat to the public at age 85 if he spent all of his time in prison plotting how he could accomplish the same terrors with a deteriorating physique.

In my mind, the modern prison system is not in place solely to protect the public, but to reform the individual so they are no longer a threat. Give the person plenty of quiet alone time to figure out that, yeah, they didn't make very good choices. Then give them the education necessary to start a new life upon release.
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