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February 26, 2005
Michael Levin: The Rothbard-Rockwell Reports
June 1996 Michael Levin: Punishment Capital.
p. 5 a criminal will willingly give up part of his life for opportunities at freedom.
p. 6 even liberals are willing to execute Timothy McVeigh.
January 1997 Michael Levin: Flog Them.
p. 14 Intelligence of average criminal ranks about 90.
Criminals have high time preferences and may be more responsive to immediate excruciating pain that subsides than they would be to long prison sentences.
Posted by djdamico at February 26, 2005 8:08 PM