[ExI] Implications of Sociopath Testing

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 21 03:29:04 UTC 2008


On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:
> Certainly, but this is also exactly how it is at the present time. I'm
> wondering if having exact knowledge---just for the purpose here
> of establishing principle---that a criminal about to be sentenced is
> actually a sociopath (e.g. has no conscience and is completely
> incapable of remorse or sympathy with other living things), makes
> a difference to you.

Ah...  You're only testing those convicted of crimes for appropriate
sentencing?  That's much less Orwellian than I had pictured.



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