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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
what i find most ironic is that the pro-death penalty crowd in the States is usually also the anti-abortion crowd, who use the "all life is sacred" argument. they are also the group that refuse to believe their government is capable of handling something like healthcare because of incompetence, but somehow they are fully capable of putting people to death without ever screwing up and sticking an innocent person on death row
fact is that if 100% of the people put to death were in fact guilty, then i'd be for the death penalty. but even if that percentage drops to 99% it's not worth it, and there have been far too many death row pardons over the years in the States to make me believe that some innocent people have been given lethal injections
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I'm not sure I see the irony...
I can easily see the difference between a new human being that has not had the chance to live its life and one that has chosen to commit some heinous act against his fellow man.
Besides, the government bureaucracy only executes the guilty, it is the job of the justice system to try him.
That said, I'm still mainly against capital punishment, except in extreme circumstances where there is no doubt.