A 51 year old prisoner has ten years remaining on his senten…
A 51 year old prisoner has ten years remaining on his sentence. He is neither terminally ill or incapacitated, but his health has begun to deteriorate. Risk analysis puts him at a low probability of committing a new crime if released from prison. Releasing him would save the state more than $600,000 over ten years. Should the state keep him in prison to achieve retribution, deterrence, and truth in sentencing, or should the state release him to save the estimated $600,000? How does this impact the victim? Discuss the preceding using your own words.
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Each of these statements describes a fitness cost of either asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. For each statement, select “cost of asexual” or “cost of sexual” reproduction. A) Deleterious mutations can accumulate over many generations. [A] B) There is a risk of contracting diseases when reproducing. [B] C) Individuals do not pass on all of their genes to their offspring. [C]
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