Death Penalty Expanded

[William H. Geiger III]

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In <v03102805b0a6d8a372fc@[207.167.93.63]>, on 11/30/97 
   at 03:50 AM, Tim May <tcmay at got.net> said:

>What's next, the death penalty for unregistered crypto?

>No doubt Swinestein plans to introduce her own version of this in
>Amerika.

Well such laws usually have the opposite affect then intended. If gun
possession becomes a capital offence then when the storm troopers come
what does one have to loose by taking out as many as one can. Or even
better yet taking out the criminal ring leaders before they ever get
around to sending their lackeys to your door.


># Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 6:43:53 PST
>#
>#    TAIPEI, Nov 24 (AFP) - Taiwan brought in new heavy penalties #
>Monday to curb illegal firearm possession in an effort to tackle a #
>rising crime wave here.
>#    Under an amended law effective from Monday anyone caught #
>manufacturing, selling or transporting illegal firearms faces the # death
>penalty. Previously the law stipulated a maximum penalty of # seven years
>jail.
>#    The move comes just five days after the island's most wanted #
>fugitive gave himself up to police.
>#    "The amened law is expected to emerge as a deterrent force to #
>effectively keep at bay illegal holding of firearms," President Lee #
>Teng-hui said.
>#    In the past, nearly 80 percent of offenders under the law faced #
>only 18 months jail and were often released on parole after serving # a
>third of their sentence, official statistics show.

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