A
Well, do you think that we do it because we want it to deter crime or, it's not because we don't want to pay for inmates to stay in prison?
B
No, I don't think it's a monetary thing.
A
Uh-huh.
B
I think, we hope that it will be, you know, some sort of determ-, deterrent or, you know, an eye for an eye type thing, or something like that.
A
Um.
B
Some of the crimes are just so brutal and so, you know, useless. This may seem to be the best way out. I don't know.