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Originally Posted by jillio
...Take for instance, a woman who has spent years in an abusive relationship. Tired of being beaten and degraded, she shoots her husband because she beleives that is the only way to protect herself from continued abuse. She is guilty of murder, but is she likely to repeat that behavior? No. Most murders fall into this category.
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Does a woman in that scenario usually get the death penalty? I don't think so.
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And, if justice is to be fair, we cannot ask for a puishment that exceeds the crime committed. To sentence a rapist to death simply because we fear that he/she may commit the crime again is to sentence them to punishment that exceeds the crime. Life in prison with no chance of parole is justifiable is some cases, particularly with a serial rapists who commits crimes against children, to be sure. But to sentence to death for a crime that did not result in death is nothing more than revenge.
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Do serial rapists and child rapists get life without parole? Not always. Not even often.
Some criminal experiences are worse than death, the victims will tell you. Do
you want to tell the victims that their suffering wasn't enough to justify a severe sentence for the perpetrator?