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From: geb@cadre.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Re: Bastille mentality alive and well in USA
Message-ID: <90@cadre.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 09:10:11 EST
Article-I.D.: cadre.90
Posted: Tue Nov 27 09:10:11 1984
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Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pgh.
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Postulate: The death penalty reduces the chance that the
killer will kill again.

If: There is a finite chance that a killer let off without
the death penalty will kill you.

Then: The death penalty reduces the probability that you
will be murdered.

Q.E.D.