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Originally Posted by White Fox
The death penalty is fully within the scope of justice.
The very word "justice" implies both fairness and equality. Perfect justice would be every murder being put to death.
But perfect justice is not always best for society, partly because we are incapable of carrying it out.
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Perfect justice would be every murderer repenting and working the rest of their lives toward atoning for their guilt in the service of others, particularly the family of the victim...
Alas, that's impossible too.
It's even less possible with the death penalty.
That's the one thing I took from the whole Tookie thing. Someone being kept in prison with no chance of being released could possibly do some good.
Most likely they won't.
But what advantage is there to assuming not?