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Old May 18th 06, 02:31 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Default Ken Kifer's Murderer Still Behind Bars

Dave Larrington wrote:

In article .com,
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Hadron Quark wrote:

He certainly deserves punishment :
but to lock away the key is extreme and certainly not how any developed
society or legal system should handle it.


I'm a bit curious about how other developed societies and legal systems
handle such a thing.

To review: IIRC, he was a person with a long history of putting
innocent people's lives at risk, over and over. He was jailed for this
- itself unusual, indicating a serious problem. Within hours after
release, he repeated the same offense, this time killing an innocent
person.

And, apparently, he behaves badly enough in prison that the legal
system decide he can't be rehabilitated.

Do other societies say "Oh well" and turn him loose on their citizens?


In the UK he probably wouldn't have been imprisoned in the first
place...


In certain urban areas in the US, the blame would be put on the
current administration and they'd do a telethon to raise support for
him. After doing a made-for-TV movie about his tragic life, of
course. After all, none of his bad behavior could REALLY be his own
fault, could it?

Mark Hickey
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