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Please expound on this point. I want to be clear about your stance.
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I am against the death penalty due to recent revelations about the inaccuracy of the American justice system, not because I think killing is murder by default.
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Where is the justice in allowing the person that committed murderer, live out their life?
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The justice lies in not killing people who are innocent in order to get the ones who are guilty.
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This leads into a debate about what is reasonable and what is not. ALL doubt in some cases would be asinine to consider. An argument could be made in all cases that would create some form of doubt. The line needs to be drawn at some point.
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Exactly. Unless there is no doubt, there should be no death. No ultimate proof, no ultimate punishment.
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I am certainly not saying that the system is flawless, and is not in need of a long over due re-structure. However, I do think that the system is bogged down by countless appeals, based on loopholes and technicalities, by justly convicted criminals. I am also not saying that there is no need for an appeals process either, as it is a very important part of the checks and balances system for the justice system, however it too needs re-vamping.
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I do not believe that such a flawed system as you described has any business exacting punishments which cannot be reversed.