The ways things are going we will be back to burning witches, sooner or later.
Each case should be taken indivudualy, as it is not fair to throw a persons past INTO phpbb_the equation. The police will just get anyone who has a bit of history and put them on trial for crimes they didn't do. The jury will think, ooooh he's nasty, burn the witch. He will be punished again and the person who really did it will get away scot free. The current system ensures the right people are brought to book, and is the only fair way of doing it.
Sure the past convictions should come INTO phpbb_play IF the person is convicted on the new case. Then multiple convictions should ensure a much stiffer penalty.
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