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Originally Posted by Save Us Sutter
Someone who rapes a child, is not like you and me. They don't think like you and me. They have severe mental deficiencies which make them unable to fully appreciate the wrongness of their actions or their urges are just too strong to control. People don't wake up in the morning and make a rational decision to go out and commit these crimes.
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This is an argument for and against. If they could be rehabilitated then I would be against execution. If we know that this man will be a child-rapist for the rest of his life - we have an obligation to potential victims to ensure he will never repeat his actions.
Now, it happens that I agree with Jammies that death should not be permitted by society under any circumstances - but that is not the ruling the court made. The court ruled raping children isn't as bad as murder. I disagree with that.