Why we should enforce the death penalty

[DanaC]

And sociopathy is evident by age 15 through a group of behaviors. This isn't something that was pulled out of someone's ass...this information is the result of study of these individuals. Sociopaths cannot be cured.

Something similar used to be said of Homosexuality . Usually it was said just before the offender was sent off to do two or three years of hardlabour.

Indidentally....not all sociopaths are murderers. Are they all capable of murder? Well yes I guess...but by that token we really should start locking up men in case they rape.

Not all mentally retarded people are like Forrest Gump. I've worked with retarded children who are cunning and sneaky, and would jump you at the drop of a hat. One of those retarded children sent a psychiatric worker to the hospital in an ambulance. Why? The PA woke her up. There are varying degrees of retardation, some so slight as to be unnoticable, but the media jumps on the word, and people see Forrest Gump

Given that ( in the UK) Mentaly ill patients are 6 times more likely to be murdered than the general populace I think we are focussing on the wrong people.