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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Yes I've heard statistics before from the anti-death penalty side that show there are less first degree murder convictions when the death penalty is in place. Nobody wants to commit an error that costs someone their life.
Again if the problem is with the legal system than that is what you fix. We shouldn't use it as an excuse to not have capital punishment. Governments can and do enter into unnecessary wars which cost countless lives. That doesn't mean Canada should disband their military. It means that the government should be called to a high accountability when they entertain any declaration of war.
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You're assuming the opposition to the death penalty is singularly administrative. It is that, but it's also moral, philosophical, and policy-driven.
Even if your military analogy was apt - and I don't think it is - it still doesn't address the oppositions others have raised. When a governing institution does something immoral, you don't alter the governing body to accomodate that immoral behaviour. You stop them from doing it, and prevent them from doing it again. That would be the anti-capital punishment retort to your hypothetical.