Mississipppi??? :o) Reading your message reminded me of the number of times when I was in the military and people asked me where I was from. When I replied 'Wisconsin' people all over the world would ask me where in the world that was. They thought it was a country they had never heard of. Even when I was living in Colorado people would ask me about it. They thought it was in Poland :o) Of course, when I moved from Nederland to Denver everyone thought I came from Netherlands. Everyone kept remarking at how terrific my English was and I couldn't figure out why they thought it was unusual that I could speak my own language :o)



>>>>>> Not sure if it would act as a deterrant but I'd like to think it would at least engender genuine remorse on the part of my murderer <s>
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>>>>>I'm pretty sure the research shows that the death penalty doesn't act as a deterrent. (Okay, folks, you don't need to chime in with the usual response that it deters the one killed. We know that, but the claim is that the threat that will be executed will stop people from committing murder and the research says that's not true.)
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>Sorry, but I have to say the death penalty is not the only solution. I think we would be better served, if we were to exile them. Put them in Antarctica, send them to Chad, some island, Mississippi, or some other third world country!