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In response to "Why should these murderers get harsher sentences than any other? Murder is murder, IMO." by TWuG

It's a bit harder to define that here in Canada ... it seems we don't have a "life without parole" option for punishment. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 17 '09, 10:46

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I'd much prefer a "life without parole" option over the death penalty. Tends to be cheaper AND if new evidence comes to light - TWuG Jun 17, 10:49 9
- Znufrii's Crazy Idea #598.2 - znufrii Jun 17, 10:53 2
  - The trouble comes in doing the mind/soul backup. I don't think hard drives technology is there yet. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 10:54 1
    - well, yes, there is that small problem. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 10:55
- [deleted] 3
  - Hmm. Probably a good point; maybe it's more for determining length and conditions of the stay in prison. You know ... from ClubFed to ... - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:52 2
    - Hate crimes laws increase the term served. They don't (and I didn't me to imply that they did) move a crime from "life" to "death penalty" -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 10:54 1
      - I had kind of meant to imply that, which is probably where JD got it from, but I guess I might have been wrong to do so -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:55
- Agreed. But I mean, first-degree murder is basically "just" a 25 year sentence in canada, or so it seems. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:51 1
  - (A lot of the time, especially with 2nd-degree, it can be as low as 10 years) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:51
(And we do have hate crime laws on the books, and they basically are used to bump up the harshness of the eventual sentence, especially for assaults) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:47

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