Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!kjm From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Sell the bastards [death penalty, etc.] Message-ID: <1119@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 09:40:10 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1119 Posted: Thu Dec 13 09:40:10 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 06:42:26 EST References: <754@oliven.UUCP> Organization: U.Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 22 [I may regret agreeing with this person in public, but...] >Amidst all the argueing between life in prison, killing them, etc., another >usually overlooked alternative is being overlooked. I'm probably going to >regret saying this, but it's (drumroll, please!) SLAVERY. > >Yes, you sell the bastard. The state and the victim can split the proceeds. >(or one can keep all, etc.) > > ... >rick A good idea, but why not *rent* the criminal to the highest bidder? That would yield a source of income for a period of time, rather than just one shot of money. (The criminal's property should be put under some kind of blind-trust management, in case the conviction is reversed.) -- "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs" Ken Montgomery ...!{ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!ut-ngp!kjm [Usenet, when working] kjm@ut-ngp.ARPA [for Arpanauts only]