byrnema comments on Abnormal Cryonics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 28 May 2010 11:59:55AM *  7 points [-]

It would cost less to place someone in cryonic suspension than to execute him, and in so doing we would provide a chance, however small, that a wrongful conviction could be reversed in the future.

Also, depending upon advances in psychology, there could be the opportunity for real rehabilitation in the future. A remorseful criminal afraid they cannot change may prefer cryopreservation.