Common Sense

Common sense prevails at <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/27/build/state/75-rape-sentence.inc" target="_new">Monatana's highest court</a>, who would have ever thought such a thing could happen.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A law requiring serial rapists to spend the rest of their lives in prison is not unconstitutional because it is based on a legitimate government goal of discouraging such repeated offenses and protecting society, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled.</blockquote><br />n<br />nProtecting society? I didn't think judges felt that was important any more. Usually they are too busy protecting the criminal from society. What a change.<br />n<br />n<b>Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. Henri-Fr&Atilde;&copy;d&Atilde;&copy;ric Amiel</b>