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  I always remember the part in The Green Mile where John Coffey sees Wild Bill Wharton's memory of killing the two girls and says "he used their love of each other against them" or something to that effect. 
  I wonder if the rates of spontaneous murders would decrease if the law punished the murderers parents or children instead of themselves. 
  Not proposing this as a real world solution. Just interested how convicted killers would respond to this. Those who lashed out in the heat of the moments.
context: It absolutely blows my mind how often people will draw guns during a disagreement without any thought or fear about being locked away in prison and ruining the rest of their lives. >
  
  This is a known problem with humans. Relying on "fear of consequences" often fails as a prevention strategy. If one truly wants to stop a certain kind of act, we need different approaches.