Mark Thorson wrote:
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> I was pro-death penalty until I read about this case:

I was pro execution when I thought about how many executed people ever
came back to repeat their crimes. The number is amazingly low.

I was anti execution when I learned that it costs more to execute a
prisoner than it does to keep them in prison for the rest of their lives.

If it's about quarantine to prevent repeat offences then it does not
have to be about revenge or justice. Then it can be about the cost of
the quarantine against the cost of an absolute guarantee against repeat
offenses. I'm not fully in one camp or the other but I think in cases
where the guilt is not in doubt I don't think the discussion runs in the
right direction. This time guilt was in doubt, argh.