On 02-26-98 Mark Bloss wrote to Day Brown... 
 
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 MB> >Day Brown wrote to Frank Masingill about Death Penalty 
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 MB>  FM>... to be HIGHLY PUNITIVE in the VENGEFUL sense.   
DB> You assume that execution is punitive; I regard it as a humane way  
DB> to end a life destined for decades of misery in a cell.  If we had  
DB> the resources to administer stupifying drugs to prisoners rather  
DB> than executing them, I would consider that as well.  
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 MB>  Certainly viable; but why keep them alive at all?  
To prevent the execution of a mistakenly convicted victim.  If the 
convict has a long record of prior assaults, it would not bother 
me if he was in fact, somewhat less culpable; a thug is a thug, so 
execute him. 
 
For crimes of passion, I would prefer to send them to converted 
x-military bases, sterilized, and allowed private quarters; allow 
them to get on-base jobs, and monitor them so that they cannot be 
emotionally involved again. 
 
Send sex perverts there for life; in no case would any minors be 
allowed on a base.  In both passion and pervert, we usually see a 
model prisoner, and in both cases, they make good workers; they'd 
be able to work and pay taxes, and be a minimal drag on taxpayers. 
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