People v. Cooper

Judge Hood’s opinion points out the reaction of society or hu*69manity to crime. I do not think we can assess the emotional impact on our human sensibilities to measure whether our consciences are shocked under the People v Coles, 417 Mich 523; 339 NW2d 440 (1983), standard. The last thousand or so murders I have reviewed on appeal were each a different shock and one a more consummate revulsion from man’s inhumanity to man than the next. I never met a murderer I liked.

I do not delude myself that sentences, no matter how long, or for eternity, or for execution, have any measurable deterrent…