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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Anyway, this guy was poisoned by the government tonight and died a few hours ago. Who wins here? Who feels better? Who feels safer? Who is safer?
I can understand some of the family members of victims getting satisfaction out of it, but does that really help anything? Nobody's coming back. Nothing has been prevented.
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You answered your own question here. The victims families may feel better, I think I would, and I think they deserve that.
And your argument could be made against any level of imprisonment. If someone gets life in prision: "Nobody's coming back. Nothing has been prevented" so what's the answer then?
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The next lunatic who decides he's going to start shooting random people is not going to think "I could end up on death row if I get caught for this. I should just go to work instead". The next lunatic is a lunatic. He's not thinking clearly if he's planning on killing strangers in the road for no reason.
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Again, same argument can be made against any level of punishment. "I could end up in prison if I get caught for this. I should just go to work instead"
You're argument isn't addressing Capital Punishment vs Incarceration, it's addressing punishment in general, and whether it actually solves anything.