Crime in its many facets, is the biggest problem facing our society. Today society's outrage to crime is misplaced. However a serial killer's act may contribute to society's outrage, and the outrage should be directed towards the prevention of crime. Crime has actually become acceptable to many. As a result, we are becoming immune to crime. People disagree on crime prevention. Some argue that the death penalty is a deterrent - a way of making …
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…had prevailed in this case simply by way of the jurors' overcoming legal and psychiatric sophistry and over the indifference of moral judgment. What should have been an easy task in convicting such criminals as the Hillside Stranglers became a dilemma in trying to reach the simple task of justice. Society did prevail since there was redemption for the victims. Society may have become immune to crime, but criminals have not been immuned to society.