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Sometimes you hear about murderers being sentenced to hundreds or more years imprisonment for their crimes. As far as I understand, this is done so that factors that would lower the sentence are…Continue
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Freek replied to Freek's discussion 'Punishment for the long-lived/undying'"I see your point, but should one also take into account that fact that, since there is a chance that an elf will die from causes unrelated to age, the elven lifetime is still limited?
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Freek posted a discussionPunishment for the long-lived/undying
Sometimes you hear about murderers being sentenced to hundreds or more years imprisonment for their crimes. As far as I understand, this is done so that factors that would lower the sentence are taking into account for the entire sentence, and not for just the time for 'life in prison', which would only be 40-60 years on average.But what if you have a society that doesn't die of old age? Like the Elves from Lord of the Rings, who would die from diseases and wounds, but would retain their age…See More
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