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Originally Posted by Sliver
I don't share that view - something very important has changed, which is of course this guy is now dead. He deserved to die for his crimes and it is right that he is now dead. Justice is partly about punishment, and taking away this guy's right to share the same air as the rest of us was the only form of justice he deserved.
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And that has changed what exactly? You haven't made an argument for what has changed, you've simply stated a fact. What precisely has been accomplished by this execution that would not have been accomplished by a lifetime in a cold dank cell?
I have never heard a coherent rationale for capital punishment that doesn't reek of vengeance.