<< Assuming it is true (and it is for the captal defendants I have
personally seen but it is speculation as to the entire population), it
proves beyond any doubt that those particular individuals (the ones who
are factually guilty, anyway) managed to overcome whatever violence
deficit their caretakers imposed by not hitting them hard enough and
became world class criminals anyway. Individual effort is always
important, don't you know?
Steve Russell >>
Violence deficit? I'm afraid I don't follow this argument. Are you
suggesting that had they been hit harder they wouldn't be on death row?
That's ridiculous.
Doug Koski
Rutgers University