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Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:28:25 GMT
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On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 06:06:09 GMT, "Moz (Chris Moseley)"
<moz1@ihug.com.au> wrote:
> > And if you are tried for murder, as in your example, and you are sentenced to
> > death, how can "hate crime" legislation make a worse sentence? By turning up the
> > volts or something?
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> Depends on your country. In the USA perhaps they should hold the inmate on
> death row for longer. Sentence them to 10 years on the row, then death.
> In countries that don't yet torture criminals there is always the option
> of introducing that, or simply prolonging the existing punishment.
Don't yet torture criminals? Are you saying that the death penalty is
torture? Or are you saying something about the way prisoners are
treated in the American prison system?
> Whatever gave you that idea? Do you think racism can only be directed against minorities
> or something?
Spike Lee (and others) believe that, from what I hear.
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