EclectEcon

Economics and the mid-life crisis have much in common: Both dwell on foregone opportunities

C'est la vie; c'est la guerre; c'est la pomme de terre . . . . . . . . . . . . . email: jpalmer at uwo dot ca

. . . . . . . . . . .Richard Posner should be awarded the next Nobel Prize in Economics . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

There Is Nothing Wrong with a Little Retributive Justice

Over 12 years ago, Karla Homolka was convicted of manslaughter for some gruesome sex-killings which she partnered with her husband, Paul Bernardo. But because she revealed the location of videotape evidence that led to the murder conviction of Bernardo, she was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter.

She was recently released. A Montreal newspaper has located her home and workplace. Good. Given what she did, I hope she has no privacy. I hope she is watched and questioned and shunned and....and....