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Originally Posted by vorlon24
But that always happens in society.
If capital punishment was still carried out in this country, there would be a lot less crime; wouldn't the potential loss of a favourite body part deter you from doing something?
Prison doesn't seem to be much of a deterrent; maybe more drastic measures are needed
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Capital punishment is not an answer to anything. Recently in Canada a man convicted in a 1969 sex slaying was released after serving 23 years for a crime he did not commit. Another, Guy Paul Morin, serving time for the rape and murder of a six year old girl was released after about six years, again the circumstantial evidence on which he was convicted was undermined by new evidence proving his innocence. One of the problems this causes is that the real perps are still walking the streets.
In Kingston, because of historical circumstances not relevant to this discussion, we have seven major prisons, including 3 maximum security institutions. This means that sex offenders are often released into our community. Kingston Police regularly release photos and bios of released sex offenders. The info also appears on the KPD website. Some offenders are held on Govenor General's warrant ... they will get out only in a box. Offenders who are due for parole, and are a high risk for repeating can voluntarily undergo chemical castration. The system seems to work well enough.
However, crimes still occurr, and I do agree with those who see the main problem not in the deviants, but in the authority figures who take advantage of children: parents, teachers, priests, even a superior court judge in British Columbia. But what the answer is, apart from increased parental vigilance, (and of course this is meaningless where the parents are the offenders) I don't know. But I somehow think that revenge is not the best way for society to dealy with the problem, however appropriate it may be for the idividual.