I don't believe in free will either, for all the already mentioned reasons. On the other hand, I guess there is a certain truth in the following:
In the end, this question is really only/most relevant when it comes to people committing crimes. The absence of a free will leads to a certain dilemma in this respect, because it doesn't fit very well with our traditional understanding of people wilfully deciding to act "evil". If their actions were ultimately deterministic, it's questionable how much they can actually even be considered responsible etc. I guess we prefer the idea of simply placing all responsibility solely on the one "evil", misled homidical maniac/terrorist/whatever who must be punished, instead of considering his behaviour the product of circumstances that ultimately everyone and nobody is responsible for.
Maybe it really makes sense what some people say: There is no free will, but we still have to act like there is.
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