Perhaps if we take away all the TVs, VCRs, books, computers, ball games, book deals and such in prison, then far less real crimminals would be willing to do a crime that gets them life in prison. IMHO there are way too many prisons that are a guarenteed "3 square meals a day" and time to relax in a cell that has all the accoutrements of most people's living room! The stats state that most hardened criminals DO return to prison...even after they do the time and act like the have been rehabilitated. As for adeath penalty....only if the criminal is proven guilty without a speck of doubt....that's the hard one for the courts & juries these days. Proof vs. a mighty good lawyer.
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