Re: Is the death penalty Extropian?

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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:41:08 -0800

Charlie Stross wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 11:02:00AM -0500, John Clark wrote:
> >
> > By the way, I have no problem with capital punishment (if it is painless)
>
> I do.
>
> However, the recidivism rate for murderers released on license from a life
> sentence is vanishingly small -- less than 0.2%.
>

You get my sound argument award. Yet I have a question about that 0.2% can you translate that in to a body count.

Thanks.

-Mark