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Corporal punishment as a legal deterrent. Should we bring back the cat o' nine?

I've never been a fan of capital punishment, it's too final if a jury gets it wrong. However, life imprisonment for particularly heinous crimes seems too soft without additional punishment - a person wrongfully flogged can sue. Singapore has no graffiti, they attribute that to the fact that perps are caned on the buttocks if caught. I'm not advocating that for such a minor offense, but should convicted rapists and murderers be clobbered?

Posted - March 22, 2018
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  • 5354
    How do you determine if "too hard" or "too soft"? And particularly that is is "a deterrent"? Can you imagine anyone committing a crime if he have not first convinced himself that he wont get caught?
      March 22, 2018 9:54 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    No.  That is only to assuage the feelings of those of us who cannot get the thought of the deeds out of our heads.  It may make us feel like we are dispensing justice by being brutal, but all it does is make us brutal. 

    There is nothing for a life lived in a cell.  That is torture enough.  No matter how anyone tells you how cushy some criminals have it, they are locked up and miserable. 

    If they are not?  They are out of harm's way.  Let go and let God sort it out.

      March 23, 2018 12:20 AM MDT
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  • 5835
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      March 23, 2018 4:33 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    I love Arlo Guthrie
    This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at March 23, 2018 9:54 AM MDT
      March 23, 2018 9:39 AM MDT
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