joedees@bellsouth.net wrote
<snip>
If it upsets you that much for someone who rapes and murders a five
year old girl to have to take what he dished out on one count, then I'm
in favor of just executing him and having him take what he dished out
on the other count.
<snap>
[Blunderov]
I'm not so sure that I'm in favor of that either. How would you feel if,
some years after throwing the switch, he was discovered to be innocent
after all? Perhaps, a la Oz, he could have been forced into making a
false confession, or some other human error(s) crept into the
proceedings. This sort of thing, according to Amnesty International,
happens on a fairly frequent basis.
Or is any price, including the death of the innocent, justified in the
protection of the innocent?
Seems weird to me.
Warm regards
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