It might; but it would also constitute too great an intrusion on liberty for the gain in equity and efficiency it might (or might not) represent.
That to value life over death should be seen in some parts of the world as a tall order is a measure of what the "Party of life" (not to mention liberty and the pursuit of happiness) is up against.
next year he wrote a long imaginative poem on liberty and love, The Revolt of Islam, which was inspired by the French Revolution and contains many fine passages of description and dramatic narrative.