The death penalty is the only just punishment for willfully taking a life. You take a life; you lose your life. That's fair! What is not fair is that this murderer goes on living. That's not justice! That is not balanced scales!
Why is this so hard to understand? If the legal system makes mistakes than fix the system. Set the standard for truth high. Don't use incompetence as an excuse to not execute justice.
When a man kills another man without just cause we call that "murder". If he was protecting himself or his family or his country we say he "killed justly". He is not a murderer. He might even be regarded as a hero. When the State executes someone found guilty of a capital offence they are not committing murder.
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