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Originally Posted by oLd-SouL";p="
You would be willing to dilute/sacrifice a strong system of justice and punishment to save a few innocent lives (selfishly providing an example of your own personal fear of being one of those innocents).
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I am also a realist. Your problem is that you see this justice system as strong. Very nieve of you. I would call that being an idealist. Our justice system is famously weak and so seriously flawed that Governor Parris Glendening of Maryland has called a moratorium on the death penalty until they can figure out why so many people are on death row innocently. Those few innocent lives are part of that "We." They count. I do not seriously fear being placed innocently on death row, but I do empathize. If innocently sentenced, I would no doubt rather go to prison than die. There is no coming back from death and no rectifying that punishment. Don't act like you care about people innocently put to death by saying a quick death is better. That is pretty sick.