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Subject:	Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:50:32 GMT
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Mandatory life sentences create very dangerous, panicked offenders. If you were DUI and killed someone, and you KNEW that you were guaranteed a life sentence, what exactly do you lose in trying to run, possibly killing more people (think a DUI hitting a pedestrian, which happens a lot - the car is usually quite drivable afterwards)? I could see a mandatory 10-20 year sentence for a death, allowing up to life, but a mandatory life? Uh-uh. John wrote: > > But again, if someone else loves those varied sensations it's not my > > business. > > Fine. I can agree with you. But until you address the problem of: > > 1. What happens to a person who becomes a homeless junkie, > 2. What happens to a person when they kill someone while driving "high"? > > I would suggest that we begin jailing drunk drivers 1 year MANDATORY with NO > chance of parole, and MANDATORY LIFE sentences for drunk drivers who kill. If > that has a "sobering" effect on alcohol use then I might consider us ready to > legalize the other stuff (with the same penalties in effect). > > [JOHN] -- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home ***http://ba.dsm.org/ ***SF Bay Area DSMs

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		Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals!
(...) This is an incredibly important consideration that the pro-Death Penalty and lock-em-up-and-throw...e-key-away people tend to totally ignore. There are a few things that do justify indefinite incarceration, but very few in my mind, for just (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals!
(...) I'm not sure I follow you. Would people prefer to use these pharmaceutical drugs, or would they opt for the more potent and insidious drugs like crack and ecstasy? (...) lol I hope you are being facetious, but I'd bet you're not! :-) (...) It (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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