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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
in a perfect world, i'm all for the death penalty. if you know you have the right guy and they have committed such a heinous act, then they've forfeited their right to life and society should be spared the burden of having to care for them
however we don't get a perfect world, we get a justice system that throws teenagers in prison for a decade just for being a kid, and murderers can get away with only a few years behind bars. would you really trust a system like that with getting the ultimate sentence right? when those in charge care more about politics and furthering their own agendas, you'll never have a truly fair trial. just reading about all the guys who have been on death row who were wrongly convicted makes my stomach turn
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Yep, good post.
That is exactly why I am against the death penalty.
There is a margin for error...might be small...but people can still make mistakes and get the wrong guy.