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Post by crazyface on Jan 7, 2009 11:14:39 GMT
The fairness of capital punishment assumes a flawlessly just legal system.
No thanks.
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Post by Operation Barbosa on Jan 8, 2009 19:44:39 GMT
There'll always be the death of innocents as long as it exists. You've heard stories where people have been locked up for 20+ years, then a retrial proves their innocence. But if they were dead, they'd never get their life back.
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avian
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Post by avian on Feb 14, 2009 13:54:28 GMT
Think about this. You probably only want the death sentence for someone who has killed.
This person probably killed the victim because he thought the victim deserved to die. If it was an accident, do you still think the killer should receive capital punishment? You probably don't. And the only real difference between the two people is that the one thought the other deserved death, and may have had some planning etc.
And now, because of that, you think he deserves to die. Assume the death sentence exists. Now you want him to die, but it is legal - and someone else will be killing the man. Does that make you a better person? Some would say that makes you a coward.
This man wanted someone to die (and he did it) - for this, you want him to die - and make this legal. Sure, you aren't doing the killing with your own hands but by debating for it you could say that you are.
So you want him to die because he wanted someone else to die - does this not mean you should die?
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