mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (02/19/85)
In article <4852@ukc.UUCP> ncg@ukc.UUCP writes: >Is murder punishable by a fine, then, the profit from which goes to >the family of the victim? Yes. If the person murdered were supporting a family, the fine should be sufficient to cover for the loss of the victims income for a minimum of several years. >Presuming that no other country wants the murderer, that is. No - compensating the victims comes *first*. If the criminal can't pay, then he gets thrown out of the society. Certain crimes (murder and rape being first on the list) have being thrown out of the society as an automatic fine, regardless of whether the criminal can pay the compensation. >And presuming that you meant nothing more sinister when you said >'thrown out of the society' than deportation. Killing a criminal is a last resort, and my perfect libertarian government doesn't do such things. 'Thrown out of society' means just that: you lose all privileges associated with being a member of society, that is, you lose your citizenship in Communitaria (Leftern Liberteria :-). The criminal gets air fare out of Cummunitaria, and citizenship papers with an expiration date. After that date, you can't (in the eyes of the government) be the victim of a crime, including murder. >Honest enquiry. >-Nigel Gale Honest answer, <mike